Minibuses: Inspections
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) school and (b) other minibuses have failed inspections under Section 19 of the Transport Act 1985 in the last 10 years.
Answered by Simon Lightwood
The table below shows volumes of roadside inspections the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has carried out for public service vehicle (PSV) minibuses that had an operator licence recorded. DVSA only holds records for this data as far back as 2019:
Year | PSV Minibus Operator Licence Encounters |
2019/20 | 1330 |
2020/21 | 145 |
2021/22 | 898 |
2022/23 | 1009 |
2023/24 | 862 |
2024/25 | 654 |
Grand Total | 4898 |
DVSA does not record if any school or other type of minibus it inspects, whether at the side of the road or at annual MOT tests for PSVs, are subject to a section 19 permit.
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