Disclosure Log

Council MOT's (FOI/5685)

Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 08 April 2025

Dear *****

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI/00005685

Thank you for your email of 7 April 2025 where you requested:

Please could you confirm if Nottingham City Council currently offers MOT tests for cars (privately owned) 

And if so, would it be possible to answer the following questions 
  • From January 2024 - January 2025, how many MOT tests were carried out on cars per month 
  • How much do you charge for an MOT test on a car 
  • Do you offer repairs too, or just the MOT test 
  • How many test centres does your council have


I am writing to advise you that, following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you requested is not held by this authority.  Your request asks if Nottingham City Council offer MOT tests for cars and you have sent your request to Nottinghamshire County Council.

Nottingham City Council may hold the information you are seeking.  If you have not already done so, then you may wish to write to Nottingham City Council, Loxley House, Station Street, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 3NG or [email protected].

Your privacy: we use your personal information such as name and address so that we can comply with our legal obligations to respond to FOI requests.  For further details about the use of information about you, please see the information handling privacy notice on our website at https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/media/4323566/informationgovernanceandinformationrightsprivacynotice.pdf.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review.  Internal review requests should be submitted within 40 working days of the date of receipt of the response to your original request and should be addressed to: Complaints and Information – Team Manager, Nottinghamshire County Council, County Hall, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 7QP or [email protected].

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications. 

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, WILMSLOW, SK9 5AF or https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/foi-and-eir-complaints/.

Yours sincerely

Colin Sawers (He/Him)
Information Case Officer | Customers, Complaints and Information
Chief Executive"s Department | Nottinghamshire County Council
County Hall | Loughborough Road | West Bridgford | NOTTINGHAM | NG2 7QP
Tel: (0115) 977 3714