I think as well as being an offence you could have trouble with insurance - there might be an insurance expert watching who knows what they do in reality if the insured has inadvertently let MOT run out?
If car has no MOT I know you are allowed to drive it to MOT station but must show that an appointment exists.
One area I have found uncertainty with is that if car fails MOT and previous MOT has expired, or if the previous MOT has not expired but the fail is on account of a dangerous fault, you may only drive it to a place where it can be repaired. If you do own repairs that could be your home?
And even if using these clauses you may still be committing an offence if the car is dangerous.
That's my understanding happy to be corrected.
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