HC Deb 02 November 1988 vol 139 cc652-3W
Mr. Beggs

To 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. Needham

The information as at 21 October 1988 is as follows:

No. of weeks
Armagh
Ballymena
Belfast 12
Coleraine
Cookstown
Craigavon 9

No. of weeks
Downpatrick
Enniskillen
Larne
Lisburn
Londonderry 4
Mallusk
Newry
Newtownards 9
Omagh

The average waiting time over all the centres was six to seven weeks.