FOI release

Information about car practical driving tests taken in Welsh

Published 24 July 2013

This is Freedom of Information request IA/00215/13.

1. Request

How many individuals chose to sit their car practical driving test through the medium of Welsh in Wales between 2007 and 2012?

2. Response

Our records show that between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2012 there were 1,698 individuals who took a car practical driving test in Welsh.

3. Request

How many of those individuals passed their car practical driving test on their first attempt?

4. Response

Of these individuals, 1,108 passed their car practical driving test in Welsh on their first attempt in the same period.

5. Request

How many individuals chose to sit their car driving theory test through the medium of Welsh in Wales between 2007 and 2012?

6. Response

Our records show that between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2012 there were 508 individuals who took a car theory test in Welsh. Please note that this figure includes those tests taken in Welsh or with a Welsh voiceover.