FOI release

Number of car theory tests taken more than 10 times in Cambridgeshire

Published 25 July 2013

This is Freedom of Information request IA/00663/12.

Please supply the following information

1. Request 1

The number of learner drivers that have taken their car theory test more than 10 times at theory test centre in Cambridgeshire between 2004 and 2012 who live in Cambridge, Huntingdon, Ely and in Cambridgeshire. Please state the number of times the test was taken.

2. Request 2

Please also supply the age of the candidate at their last attempt and how many times they have failed their car theory test. Cambridgeshire should be classified by the following postcode CB1, CB10, CB2, CB3, CB4, CB5, CB6, CB7, CB8, PE1, PE13, PE14, PE15, PE16, PE17, PE18, PE19, PE2, PE3, PE4, PE5, PE6, PE7, PE8, PE9, SG19, SG8.

3. Response

The table below shows the number of candidates who have taken their car theory test more than 10 times at a theory test centre in Cambridgeshire, between the financial years 2004/05 and 2011/12. This information is based on candidates who have a correspondence address starting with one of the postcodes above; and includes the number of attempts taken, the number of tests failed, gender and the age of the candidate at their last attempt.

Number of attempts	Number of tests failed	Gender	Age at last attempt
29	29	Female	40
20	19	Male	18
20	18	Female	20
18	17	Female	18
18	17	Female	31
17	15	Male	21
17	17	Female	31
14	14	Male	20
14	14	Female	37
14	13	Female	38
14	12	Female	22
14	13	Female	18
14	13	Female	32
13	11	Male	33
13	12	Male	27
13	12	Female	26
13	12	Male	19
13	12	Female	18
12	11	Male	21
12	12	Male	19
12	11	Female	17
12	11	Male	42
12	11	Female	22
12	11	Male	21
12	11	Male	17
11	9	Female	20
11	10	Male	30
11	10	Male	19
11	10	Female	28
11	10	Male	19
11	11	Female	19
11	11	Male	51
11	11	Female	17
11	10	Male	22