Written question asked by Louise Ellman (Labour) on Friday, 15 January 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 20 January 2016 (named day). It was answered by Andrew Jones (Conservative) on Wednesday, 20 January 2016 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) budget for and (b) expenditure on in-service emissions testing was for the (i) Vehicle Certification Agency and (ii) Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency in each of the last 10 years.

Answer

The Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) in-service emissions budget is in the table below:

	Budget	Expenditure
2006 / 2007	Not available	Not available
2007 / 2008	Not available	£170k
2008 / 2009	Not available	£205k
2009 / 2010	£200K	£200K
2010 / 2011	£200K	£200K
2011 /2012*	£0	£0
2012 /2013	£40K	£40K
2013 /2014	£50K	£29.5K
2014 / 2015	£150K	£42.3K
2015 / 2016	£123.2K	**

* Following the work in 2010-2011, the focus of emissions testing changed to consider aftermarket alteration of vehicles, both light and heavy duty.

** Ongoing £96K anticipated.

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency does not hold a budget for in-service emissions testing and it does not have expenditure for in service emissions testing.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 22741
Session: 2015-16
Subjects: Finance Exhaust emissions Motor vehicles Testing Vehicle Certification Agency Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

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