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Written question asked by Hugh Bayley (Labour) on Monday, 9 January 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 16 January 2012. It was answered by Mike Penning (Conservative) on Monday, 16 January 2012 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Motor Vehicles: Testing

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) motorcycles, (b) motor cars and (c) commercial vehicles were submitted for an MOT test in (i) the UK, (ii) England, (iii) Yorkshire and the Humber and (iv) City of York in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and how many vehicles failed the test in each case.
Answer

The number of MOT tests undertaken by test class and number of failures in (i) Great Britain, (ii) England, (iii) Yorkshire and the Humber and (iv) City of York unitary authority during the calendar year 2010 are given in the following table:

Tests undertaken Fails
(i) Great Britain
Motorcycles 964,600 123,752
Classes 3 and 4: Cars , vans and passenger vehicles with up to 12 seats 26,421,628 8,037,505
Private passenger vehicles with more than 12 seats 49,045 13,539
Goods vehicles between 3,000 and non-testable vehicles include mobile cranes, diggers and non-HGV trailers. Excludes emissions-only checks. 589,261 239,613
(ii) England
Motorcycles 862,117 110,254
Classes 3 and 4: Cars , vans and passenger vehicles with up to 12 seats 22,881,777 6,803,314
Private passenger vehicles with more than 12 seats 41,393 11,332
Goods vehicles between 3,000 and non-testable vehicles include mobile cranes, diggers and non-HGV trailers. Excludes emissions-only checks. 511,400 205,005
(iii) Yorkshire and the Humber
Motorcycles 83,841 9,787
Classes 3 and 4: Cars , vans and passenger vehicles with up to 12 seats 2,155,793 712,357
Private passenger vehicles with more than 12 seats 5,037 2,519
Goods vehicles between 3,000 and non-testable vehicles include mobile cranes, diggers and non-HGV trailers. Excludes emissions-only checks. 52,114 23,867
(iv) City of York UA
Motorcycles 5,103 515
Classes 3 and 4: Cars , vans and passenger vehicles with up to 12 seats 80,269 24,479
Private passenger vehicles with more than 12 seats 98 41
Goods vehicles between 3,000 and non-testable vehicles include mobile cranes, diggers and non-HGV trailers. Excludes emissions-only checks. 1,641 620

MOT test results for Northern Ireland are not held by the Department.MOT data are available in raw format from:"www.data.gov.uk"

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
88848; 538 c481W
Session
2010-12
Related items
Motor Vehicles: Testing
Monday, 27 February 2012
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Motor vehicles Testing
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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