MOT Test Prices – Introduction
The MOT Fee is fixed periodically by the Government's executive agency the Vehicle Operator and Services Agency (VOSA), in conjunction with the MOT industry. Working together, the MOT Test is carried out on a variety of vehicles of different ages, using a variety of workshop configurations - all strictly defined and monitored. Having established an average time for carrying out the MOT Test in all of the various scenarios, a Statutory Fee is negotiated and set, usually for a period of one year.
The reason that the fee is reviewed annually is to accommodate the many changes which are taking place in vehicle technology and, for example, the more more stringent emission checks which are being carried out on modern vehicles - some of these changes result in either more or less time being taken to carry out the Test, while others require the purchase of expensive equipment, and all of these factors, plus inflation, are taken into consideration.
However, although a Vehicle Testing Station (VTS) may charge the full Fee as defined, and no more, it is left to individual businesses to charge less than the full fee at their own discretion, although VOSA officials may well view this as a cause for concern and further investigation.
| Test Class |
Fee 09/10
|
% Increase
|
| Class I & II |
| Solo motor bicycles |
£29.20
|
(1.88 %)
|
| Class II |
Motor bicycles with
side car combinations |
£37.20
|
(1.75 %)
|
| Class III |
| Three wheeled vehicles |
£37.20
|
(1.75 %)
|
| Class IV |
| Cars & light vans |
£54.00
|
(1.67 %)
|
| Minibuses |
£56.45
|
(1.68 %)
|
| Class IVA |
| Vehicles in Class IVA (being minibuses which are not within Class IV; the vehicles in this Class cover “minibuses”, other than those excluded by virtue of a certificate of initial fitness issued on or after 1st August 1998 or compliance with certain type of approval requirements, not being vehicles within Class III, V or VA in respect of which any forward-facing seat is fitted with a relevant seat belt). |
£63.05
|
(1.67 %)
|
| Class V |
|
(“large passenger-carrying vehicles”, particular public
service vehicles and “play buses” not being vehicles
within Class VA) —
|
| (i) if the vehicle is constructed or adapted to carry more than 16 passengers, and |
£79.45
|
(1.64 %)
|
| (ii) in any other case. |
£58.65
|
(1.71 %)
|
|
Vehicles in Class VA (“large passenger-carrying vehicles”,
particular public service vehicles and “play buses”, other
than those excluded by virtue of a certificate of initial fitness
issued on or after 1st August 1998 or compliance with
certain type approval requirements, in respect of which
any forward-facing seat is fitted with a relevant seat belt) —
|
|
(i) if the vehicle is constructed or adapted to carry more than 16 passengers, and
|
£79.30
|
(1.64 %)
|
| (ii) in any other case. |
£122.65
|
(1.59 %)
|
| Class VII |
Vehicles in Class VII (goods vehicles with a design
gross weight of more than 3,000 kg but not more than
3,500 kg |
£57.70
|
(1.65 %)
|
Partial retest fee: Half Test fee
Maximum fee for duplicate Test certificate: £10.00