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Stuart,
I have been in a similar boat with regard to advisories during services and health checks at main dealer, and especially from the MOT at the same main dealer. I have to admit, I rarely had 100% confidence in some of the advisories which seemed to appear at this time but not during my regular weekly vehicle checks.
I would recommend (as I have done) you separate your service and MOT provider and source a local independent MOT test station. I found and used the following site (which I have no affiliation to) to source an independent MOT test station local to me with no service and repair facility incorporated or with any motivation to "generate income":
http://www.ukmot.com/ATF-MOT-Test-Centers/UK
(It also contains other useful information on the MOT test etc)
You will possibly find a council test station or as I did, local police or fire authority test station.
you could also search other sources.
One point to note, having recently used an independent MOT test station (my local police authority), It was the first time in a long while I have been able to sit (in the authorised customer viewing area) and watched the full MOT from start to finish and been fully satisfied with the outcome (even if it was a full pass). Needles to say I will be using the same station again in future.
How many of us have actually done this at a main dealer, even though the rules for ALL MOT test stations state they must have a customer viewing area. More than likely it's a case of drop it off and then wait for the phone call to either authorise works or to go and collect it when complete, all without having the opportunity to talk to the tester about any "advisories".

FINAL RESULTS/CONCLUSION:
 
Hello all,
Apologies for the delay in posting the results/conclusion to this post, as I had been awaiting full wiring/connector check and diagnostic by the Skoda tech at the garage to 100% determine if my problem with TCS/ESP light illuminated and what appeared to be only FWD, with no hill hold control etc. was in fact a failure of the Haldex 4x4 Control Module (J492).
 
I informed the Skoda tech of the resulting fault codes obtained by having a VCDS scan run independently by an other helpful Briskoda member (results in previous posts).
 
I requested and It was agreed that it would be best and most effective step to rebook the vehicle for a full diagnostic and wiring check to and from the Haldex Control Module (J492) to rule out any possibility of either wiring, connector or sensor faults elsewhere in the "system", and only then, if all proved to be clear, would the Haldex CM be replaced.
 
I can now report that all wiring, connectors and sensors proved clear and the Haldex CM (J492) (Old part : 1K0 907 554 L) proved to be at fault and was replaced with new unit (Pt No: 1K0 525 130 L) including 2 year warranty.
 
I am glad to say once again the Scout is back to her old self and feels great to drive        
 
Thanks to all who contributed to this post.    
 
Cheers,
Martin