Written question asked by Richard Burden (Labour) on Thursday, 28 April 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 4 May 2016 (named day). It was answered by Andrew Jones (Conservative) on Wednesday, 4 May 2016 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Volkswagen

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral evidence given by the Minister of State to the Transport Committee on 25 April 2016, what further testing or retesting his officials are carrying out; and if he will make a statement.

Answer: Our initial testing programme, launched in the wake of the VW emissions scandal, is now complete and the results were published on 21 April. The Department for Transport will be establishing a new unit focused on checking that vehicles meet type approval requirements. The unit will have a budget of £1 million a year and will involve the department’s agencies, the Vehicle Certification Agency and the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency. It will initially focus on emissions testing and enforcement. The unit will be operational later this year.

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