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HEAVY GOODS vehicle dri test and driving licence feel set to rise by nine and 10 cent respectively, and the F Haulage Association sees th a disincentive to prospec drivers.
The present test fee of £5 was set in September last The proposed new fee frorr Department of Transport is E
The DTp said that the incr.' is the result of rising costs a reduced demand for tests. I 34,000 tests were taken last compared with 50,000 in 19E DTp spokesman said that 1983 figure would alsc around 34,000.
The proposed increase in I ing licence fees would brinc £5 charge to £5.50. This was raised in September 1982. I for provisional and duplicate change licences remain changed at £2.50 and £ respectively.
The RHA said it saw the ors sals as further evidence of "relentless increase in cc imposed on the road haulag dustry by the Governmen highlighted the fact that the of living has only risen by per cent since the fee incre. in September 1982.
"The road haulage inth. has suffered swingeing cos creases in recent years, but prices for its services have more than even keeping up • inflation, fallen badly behind A spokesman for the Fre Transport Association said the proposed increases were entirely out of line with infla and said it was pleased that DTp had set about makin closer study of the fees.