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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 Friday, 25 November 2011.

Transport: MoT Scheme

Question
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many cars were given an MoT test in 2008, 2009 and 2010; how many cars in each year failed their MoT; and of those cars failing, how many (a) were three years old, undergoing their first MoT, (b) were four years old, undergoing their second MoT, and (c) passed their MoT after initially failing an MoT.
Answer

The number of MoT tests and failures are listed below.

Year Cars tested Failures
2007-08 24.913m 7.318m
2008-09 25.538m 7.676m
2009-10 26.048m 8.070m

Listed below are MoT results for vehicles which (a) were three years old, undergoing their first MoT, (b) were four years old, undergoing their second MoT, and (c) passed their MoT after initially failing an MoT.

(a) 3 Year Old Vehicles
Tested Total Tests Initial Failure Rate (c) Passed after initial fail
2008 2,579,674 562,687 21.8% 341,325
2009 2,498,568 535,920 21.4% 323,179
2010 2,578,235 539,555 20.9% 323,804
(b) 4 Year Old Vehicles
Tested Total Tests Initial Failure Rate (c) Passed after initial fail
2008 2,711,794 696,426 25.7% 447,490
2009 2,536,621 647,502 25.5% 420,090
2010 2,462,043 586,824 23.8% 379.994

"(c) Pass after rectification at station tests are classified as a failure when calculating the initial fail rate and will be rectified at the station before being passed. It has not been possible to provide a figure for vehicles which fail and are then taken away from a station then re-presented." MoT test figures are published on the following website: http://data.gov.uk/.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
12651; 732 c289-90WA
Session
2010-12
Related items
Transport: MoT Scheme
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
Written questions
House of Lords
Transport: MoT Scheme
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects
Motor vehicles Testing
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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