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Driving Tests: Gwynedd

Asked by Liz Saville RobertsPlaid CymruDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 2 September 2025UIN 69980

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many additional driving tests have been created in (a) Pwllheli and (b) Y Bala in each month since 23 April 2025.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

Pwllheli test centre is an outstation with driving examiners (DE) deployed from Bangor/Rhyl driving test centres (DTC), where possible. Y Bala is also an outstation with DEs deployed from Wrexham DTC, where possible.

The table below shows how many driving tests have been conducted in Pwllheli and Y Bala in each month since 23 April 2025.

Pwllheli

Y Bala

May

61

53

June

59

80

July

73

45

Total

193

178

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