Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 87623

Motor Vehicles: Testing

Tabled: 3 November 2025

Answered: 6 November 2025

Question

Helen Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of updating section 8.1.1 of her Department's guidance entitled MOT inspection manual: cars and passenger vehicles, updated on 11 August 2025, to make it man

Answer

Simon Lightwood

Excessive vehicle noise can be a serious disruption to people’s lives. This is why it is included in the MOT as an inspection of exhaust silencers and noise deafening material as well as a subjective assessment of excessive noise upon revving the vehicle....

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