Mr. Brendan Walsh:

The ten-week period is there for good reason. It is there to allow people to prepare for their driving test. It is not just about the 12 EDT lessons that people take. They should also be doing 36 hours of accompanied driving. The EDT lessons are just one element. We believe it is the driving and the practice with an accompanying driver that produces good drivers. We are setting our targets to hold just below the SLA. If there is an opportunity to go below it, then we will take it. I preface this, however, by saying we should be mindful that if I were to say to drivers who perhaps are not as prepared as they should be that they have a driving test in two weeks, that might be a bit rushed. There is a happy medium between making a test available immediately and a very long wait. There is a need to allow time for people to prepare for the test. It is no different from any other test, in that people need time to prepare.