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Written question asked by Lord Bradshaw (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Earl Attlee (Conservative) on Tuesday, 1 November 2011.

Transport: MoT Scheme

Question
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in 2008, 2009 and 2010, (a) how many garages were authorised to carry out MoTs, (b) how many garages and tests were monitored, (c) how many garages and tests failed their monitoring, and (d) how many garages had their authorisation to carry out MoTs withdrawn.
Answer

The information requested is in the table below:

2008-09 2009-10 2010-11
(a) Garages carrying out MoTs 19,902 20,431 21,476
(b) Garages monitored 9,973 9,854 10,779
Tests Monitored 8,720 8,929 10,496
(c) #MoT Compliance Survey (Test error rate) 15.4% 17.7% 12.4%
(d) *Authorised Examiners withdrawn 115 115 94 94

"# Figures show the number of tests which failed the MoT compliance survey test rather than the total number of test failures. To find out the total number of test failures would incur disproportionate cost to find out.""* An authorised examiner is given authorisation to carry out MoT testing rather than a garage." "* An authorised examiner is given authorisation to carry out MoT testing rather than a garage."

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
12685; 731 c254WA
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Garages and petrol stations Motor vehicles Monitoring Standards Testing
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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