Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2017 to Question 1855, how many inspections into the age of public service vehicle tyres were carried out by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency in each year since January 2014.

The following figures show the number of public service vehicle (PSV) encounters carried out by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) in each year since January 2014 under each inspection type; tyres are inspected as part of each encounter.

A memo, first issued in April 2014, to all DVSA testing and roadside examination staff requested notification to the presenter and/or driver proportionate to the condition of the vehicle, which included the age of tyres fitted to the front axle of PSVs.