To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to outline the position for motorists unable to renew their Vehicle Excise Duty prior to expiry due to inability to book an MOT test in context of current backlog.

The Driver & Vehicle Agency’s (DVA) advice to customers who require an MOT in order to tax their vehicle, but cannot secure a date before their current MOT certificate expires, is that they should:

book the earliest available appointment; and

keep checking the booking system for an appointment before their MOT expires.

If they get to within five days of their MOT expiry date, contact dva.customerservices@infrastructure-ni.gov.uk and DVA will do their best to get them an urgent appointment. To date, all customers who have used this process and contacted the DVA in these circumstances have been offered an earlier appointment.