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Written question asked by Iris Robinson (Democratic Unionist Party) on Wednesday, 1 November 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 November 2006. It was answered by David Cairns (Labour) on Monday, 6 November 2006 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

MOT

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average waiting time for an MOT test at each test centre in the Province was in the last period for which figures are available; what the longest time is for which a driver has been waiting for an MOT test at each centre; how many individuals are waiting for MOT tests at each centre; and how many MOT tests were conducted at each centre in each of the last five years.
Answer

The average waiting time and the longest waiting time for a vehicle test at each test centre for the week ending 28 October 2006 is as follows.

Days
Centre Average waiting time Longest waiting time
Armagh 27 54
Ballymena 16 33
Balmoral 24 56
Coleraine 13 51
Cookstown 27 52
Craigavon 23 49
Downpatrick 17 47
Enniskillen 31 53
Larne 13 38
Lisburn 24 53
Mallusk 17 45
New Buildings 19 37
Newry 36 59
Newtownards 14 54
Omagh 29 52
Northern Ireland 21 59

The number of vehicles awaiting test as at 28 October was 59,117. This information is not maintained at centre level.The number of vehicle tests conducted at each centre in each of the last five years is set out as follows.

Centre 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06
Armagh 19,691 17,007 22,560 16,158 21,524
Ballymena 42,742 28,340 43,583 46,479 42,788
Balmoral 59,954 44,794 58,919 47,194 63,188
Coleraine 28,384 34,049 39,260 41,261 45,121
Cookstown 30,470 35,003 37,047 36,827 41,238
Craigavon 31,833 31,016 36,410 25,182 30,291
Downpatrick 21,538 20,614 29,625 33,412 27,387
Enniskillen 22,993 16,548 25,910 25,648 28,988
Larne 11,852 20,570 25,560 23,002 26,031
Lisburn 22,033 34,578 35,550 26,790 34,724
Mallusk 50,943 61,200 36,644 41,109 49,934
New Buildings 31,431 27,802 35,018 26,585 38,159
Newry 33,326 41,446 30,954 28,410 44,541
Newtownards 50,833 43,390 56,855 56,517 64,286
Omagh 19,240 53,761 19,227 23,444 26,458
Northern Ireland 457,572 498,692 533,122 498,018 584,658

Figures include all vehicle test categories (MOT, PSV and HGV) but exclude re-tests.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
451 c949-50W; 99754
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Motor vehicles Northern Ireland Testing
Link
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