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Motor Vehicles: Testing

Commons · Question 97333 · Tabled 4 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 16 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Joe Robertson

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.

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 16 Dec 2025

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 oper...