The Independent Garage Association (IGA) has confirmed that its upcoming talks with the Department for Transport (DfT) will provide an opportunity to highlight the fact that MOT fees have remained frozen across all vehicle classes since 2010.

The clarification follows feedback from Garage Matters readers following news that government officials had agreed to meet with the association to review the statutory fee cap.

Workshop owners operating Class 1 and Class 2 motorcycle bays questioned whether their running costs were being represented alongside the widely reported Class 4 MOT fee discussions.

In response, the IGA confirmed to Garage Matters that its campaign strategy has always pushed for a comprehensive review across all vehicle categories, from Class 1 through to Class 7.

Headline focus vs. trade reality

While the £54.85 maximum fee for Class 4 vehicles has historically dominated public and industry headlines, the IGA stresses this is simply because cars and light dual-purpose vehicles account for the overwhelming majority of daily testing volume in independent workshops.

However, the economic pressures driving the campaign are identical across every bay in the UK.

Over the past 16 years, MOT testing stations have had to absorb severe cost increases across energy, site rent, calibrated equipment updates, insurance, and technician wages.

Whilst the IGA has been vocal about the urgent need to review the class 4 MOT fee, it will use its discussions with government officials make it clear that the MOT fee has remained frozen across all classes of vehicles since 2010.

Garage Matters will continue to report further updates as talks between the IGA and DfT progress.