The cost of your MOT might be about to rise. Currently there are no minimum MOT fee's, instead the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) which oversee's MOT testing stations, has imposed a maximum fee a testing station can charge, which for cars (class 4 MOTs) the maximum fee is £54.85.

Whilst to some that may seem expensive, that fee of £54.85, has been the same fee for the last 14 years. Where other prices have increased year on year, the MOT testing fee is not one of them.

This is why the Independent Garage Association (IGA) is meeting with the Future of Roads Minister, Lilian Greenwood MP, to discuss the possibility of raising that fee. One of the main arguments put forward by the IGA is the financial viability of testing stations, in other words, they are struggling to survive based on the current maximum fee.

Whilst there are no proposed maximum fee's being put forward by the IGA, at least not publicliy, given the average hourly rate in an independent workshop is between £50 and £75 per hour, it would seem logical that an increase to around £65 would not be unreasonable. That said, no agreement to raise the prices has been discussed yet, let alone agreed.