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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1139763/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The driving test centre service standard travel distance criteria is as shown in the table below:<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Level<\/p><\/td><td><p>Average population for a local authority<\/p><\/td><td><p>Tests generated by candidates<\/p><\/td><td><p>Road distance from test facility<\/p><\/td><td><p>Attainment based on road distance and estimated capacity of test centre<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Service level 1<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,250 or more people per square kilometre<\/p><\/td><td><p>783,276<\/p><\/td><td><p>7 miles<\/p><\/td><td><p>84.0%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Service level 2<\/p><\/td><td><p>Between 100 and 1,249 people per square kilometre<\/p><\/td><td><p>610,410<\/p><\/td><td><p>20 miles<\/p><\/td><td><p>97.0%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Service level 3<\/p><\/td><td><p>Fewer than 100 people per square kilometre<\/p><\/td><td><p>86,709<\/p><\/td><td><p>30 miles<\/p><\/td><td><p>98.2%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p>The distance between the closed test centre and the merged test centre, in all 19 cases, met the driving test centre service standard travel distance criteria.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The locations of the test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with, and the test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with, are shown in the table below:<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Locations of the test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with<\/p><\/td><td><p>The test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Bredbury<\/p><\/td><td><p>Bredbury<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Hyde<\/p><\/td><td><p>Hyde<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Redditch<\/p><\/td><td><p>Redditch<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Bradford<\/p><\/td><td><p>Bradford (Heaton)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Chadderton (2)<\/p><\/td><td><p>Chadderton (2)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow<\/p><\/td><td><p>Glasgow (Anniesland)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Cheetham Hill<\/p><\/td><td><p>Cheetham Hill<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Morden<\/p><\/td><td><p>Morden (London)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Lancing<\/p><\/td><td><p>Lancing<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Barking<\/p><\/td><td><p>Barking (Tanner Street)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Avonmouth<\/p><\/td><td><p>Avonmouth<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge (2)<\/p><\/td><td><p>Cambridge (Brookmount Court) (2)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Llantrisant<\/p><\/td><td><p>Llantrisant<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Mitcham<\/p><\/td><td><p>Mitcham (London)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Skye<\/p><\/td><td><p>Isle of Skye (Portree)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Kingstanding<\/p><\/td><td><p>Kingstanding<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Featherstone<\/p><\/td><td><p>Featherstone<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4116", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Michael Ellis"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2019 to Question 274560, what the driving test centre service standard travel distance criteria is; what the locations are of the test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with; and which test centres those closed test centres have merged with.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4402", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Douglas Chapman"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Douglas Chapman"}
      ], "uin" : "278524"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1139799/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government has a number of schemes which can be accessed by EV drivers across the country, including in Gloucestershire. The Government is providing funding for schemes to support chargepoint infrastructure at homes and workplaces and on residential streets. The Government\u2019s on street residential charging scheme offers grants to local authorities to help support this investment at local level. We want to encourage private sector investment to build and operate a self-sustaining public network that is affordable, reliable and accessible. In many cases, the market is best placed to identify the right locations for chargepoints and make improvements to the network and it is essential that viable commercial models are in place.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>We will continue to monitor whether any significant gaps in uptake or infrastructure provision emerge in the medium term. In the future we will consider whether there is a case for direct central government support in areas where there is a market failure, which may include areas outside the major conurbations.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>In August 2017, South Gloucestershire Council were awarded £4,790,910 under Government\u2019s [£42m] Low Emission Bus Scheme, for the provision of 110 Biomethane low emissions buses and accompanying infrastructure. The purpose of the scheme is to help improve regional air quality in UK towns and cities.<\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4116", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Michael Ellis"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-07-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Electric Vehicles: Charging Points"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase the number of electric car charging points (a) throughout the UK and (b) in Gloucestershire; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/253", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson"}
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