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Motor Vehicles: Testing

Asked by Joe RobertsonConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 16 December 2025UIN 97333

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time was for MOT appointments in (a) November 2025 and (b) each month since July 2024.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

Neither the Department for Transport nor the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), which administers the MOT scheme, collects or holds data on waiting times for MOT appointments. The MOT test is delivered by a network of around 23,000 privately operated garages across Great Britain. Based on available evidence, there appears to be sufficient capacity within this network to meet demand.

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