DRIVING TESTS 24,000 Fail To Qualify

Major Despencer-Robcrtson asked the Minister of Transport in the House of Commons last week, what instructions are given to examiners for driving tests with regard to the number of candidates for licences to be passed every week; and whether any limit is put to the number who may be passed?
Mr. Hore-Belisha: The instructions given are those of the statutory regulations, which provide that a candidate shall be passed if he shows himself competent to drive without danger to and with due consideration for other users of the road. Needless to say I have given no instructions as to the numbers to be passed or Mr. Magnay asked the Minister or Transport what is the proportion of failures in the driving tests set by the examiners of the Ministry of Transport?
Mr. Hore-Belisha: Up to and including November 30, 166,855 persons have been examined, of whom 24,803 failed to satisfy the examiner.
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