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Please could you provide the following data regarding MOT-related fines issued by your force for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 (with 2025 data provided up to the most recent available date):
Question 1 The number of fines issued to motorists for not having a valid MOT.
Question 2 The number of fines paid.
Question 3 The number of fines cancelled.
Question 4 The number of cases/fines referred to court.
Question 1
2022 - 345
2023 - 381
2024 - 321
2025 (01/01/2025 – 30/09/2025) - 250
Question 2
2022 - 257
2023 - 298
2024 - 244
2025 (01/01/2025 – 30/09/2025) – 202
Question 3
2022 - 0
2023 - 0
2024 - 0
2025 (01/01/2025 – 30/09/2025) – 0
Question 4
2022 - 88
2023 - 83
2024 - 77
2025 (01/01/2025 – 30/09/2025) - 48
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that the data has been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when interpreting the data.
Due to the different methods of recording information across 43 forces, a specific response from one constabulary should not be seen as an indication of what information could be supplied (within cost) by another. Systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. For this reason, responses between forces may differ and should not be used for comparative purposes.
If you decide to write an article or use the enclosed data, we would ask you to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as to not mislead members of the public or official bodies or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.