From: Information Access inform@vosa.gov.uk Room G9 Berkeley House Croydon Street Bristol BS5 0DA Tel: 0117 954 3470 Fax: 0117 954 2546 Date: 23 May 2006 Our Ref: F0000362
Dear Thank you for your email, requesting a copy of the MoT inspection manual under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The information you requested is being withheld as it falls under the exemption in section 21 of the Act, which states that (1) Information which is reasonably accessible to the applicant otherwise than under section 1 [i.e. under the Freedom of Information provisions ] is exempt information. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(a) information may be reasonably accessible to the applicant even though it is accessible only on payment The MoT inspection manuals can be obtained direct from the publisher at the following prices: Car and Light Commercial Vehicle Testing £28.50 Private Bus Testing £18.00 Motor Bicycle and Side Car Testing £12.00 To order copies, please send a cheque, payable to Astron Document Services , to: VOSA Customer Services Team, Astron, Causeway Distribution Centre, The Causeway, Oldham Broadway Business Park OL9 9XD Please allow ten working days for delivery. You may also be interested to know that an outline list of the car components checked during an MoT test is available on our website at
http://www.vosa.gov.uk/vosa/carlgvowners/mottesting/carcomponentstested.htm
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact us, quoting reference F0000362. Complaints
Details of our complaints procedures are included as a separate attachment.
Yours sincerely
VOSA Information Access