Written question asked by Greg Knight (Conservative) on Thursday, 12 March 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 18 March 2009. It was answered by Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour) on Wednesday, 18 March 2009 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Lorries: Testing

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent representations he has received requesting annual testing for heavy goods vehicles to be made available outside normal business hours.

Answer: The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) has received inquiries from representative trade bodies to make testing of HGV's available outside normal working hours. VOSA now routinely conduct testing outside of normal working hours at many locations were there is demand, this demand does vary both from customer to customer and geographically. Recently VOSA has carried out research with its customers to better understand the different requirements customers may have for testing outside of normal working hours.

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