§ Mr. BeggsTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish details of the average waiting time between an application for an MOT test and the test itself, at each of the approved test centres in Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe information as at 21 October 1988 is as follows:
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No. of weeks Armagh 4½ Ballymena 4½ Belfast 12 Coleraine 2½ Cookstown 8½ Craigavon 9
No. of weeks Downpatrick 7½ Enniskillen 7½ Larne 5½ Lisburn 6½ Londonderry 4 Mallusk 6½ Newry 8½ Newtownards 9 Omagh 4½ The average waiting time over all the centres was six to seven weeks.