Driving Test Pass Rates for Dudley Test Centre

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Anne Elizabeth Whittingham

Dear Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency,

I would like to know the pass rates at the Dudley Driving Test Centre for the following 2 sets of dates please:
1. 1 October 2019 - 22 March 2020 (inclusive), and
2. 21 August 2020 - 1 October 2020 (inclusive)

Thank you

Yours faithfully,

Anne Whittingham

foi@dvsa.gov.uk, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

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Anne Whittingham 

by email: [FOI #696159 email] 

 

our ref: IA/01056/20 

 

26 October 2020 

 

 

Dear Ms Whittingham 

 

Information requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FoIA) 

 

Further to your email of 4 October, I can confirm that we have handled
your request for information within the terms of the FoIA. 

 

Your request and our response is as follows:  

 

I would like to know the pass rates at the Dudley Driving Test Centre for
the following 2 sets of dates please: 

1.  1 October 2019 - 22 March 2020 (inclusive), and 

2.  21 August 2020 - 1 October 2020 (inclusive) 

 

 

Our response: 

 

The pass rate at Dudley DTC for practical car testing between 01/10/2019
and 22/03/2020 was 42.0%.  

  

The pass rate by month is 

  

October 2019 – 45.5% 

November 2019 – 41.4% 

December 2019 – 41.2% 

January 2020 – 41.7% 

February 2020 – 39.5% 

March 2020 – 41.4% 

 

We are unable to release the pass rate for the period 21/08/2020 –
01/10/2020 as this information is exempt from disclosure under section 22
(information intended for future publication) of the FoIA. Section 22
exempts information held by public authorities with a view to future
publication from disclosure. Section 22 does not require the public
authority in question to confirm the intended publication date. 

  

Please see the below link for further information on section 22 of the
FoIA: 

  

[1]https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/200...

 

You can find our published driving test statistics at the following link
[2]https://www.gov.uk/government/statistica...

 

If you are unhappy with the way we have handled your request, you can ask
for an internal review to be conducted by our Information Management and
Security Team by emailing: [3][email address

 

 

Yours sincerely 

 

Corporate Liaison Team

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

The Axis Building, 112 Upper Parliament Street, Nottingham, NG1 6LP

 

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