Question follow-through · 12761
Minibuses: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) school and (b) other minibuses have failed inspections under Section 19 of the Transport Act 1985 in the last 10 years.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 5 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 13 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) school and (b) other minibuses have failed inspections under Section 19 of the Transport Act 1985 in the last 10 years.
11 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Nov 2024
Answer published
The table below shows volumes of roadside inspections the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has carried out for public service vehicle (PSV) minibuses that had an operator licence recorded. DVSA only holds records for this data as far back as 201...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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