Motor Vehicles: Testing
Commons · Question 85197 · Tabled 27 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Melanie Onn
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to encourage competition between independent MOT testing garages and large national chains.
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 4 Nov 2025
The MOT is a vital part of the regulations that keep our roads safe, and I greatly appreciate the work of skilled mechanics in both independent garages and larger businesses that are essential to testing. It is one of the strengths of our testing regime t...