Mrs Louise Ellman – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mrs Louise Ellman on 2016-01-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) budget for and (b) expenditure on in-service emissions testing was for the (i) Vehicle Certification Agency and (ii) Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency in each of the last 10 years.

Andrew Jones

The Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) in-service emissions budget is in the table below:

* Following the work in 2010-2011, the focus of emissions testing changed to consider aftermarket alteration of vehicles, both light and heavy duty.

** Ongoing £96K anticipated.

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency does not hold a budget for in-service emissions testing and it does not have expenditure for in service emissions testing.