FOI release
DVSA FOI disclosure log, December 2021
Updated 24 June 2022
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| Request reference | Request status | Request summary | Date the response was issued |
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| IA/01245/21 | Partially successful | How many people applied for a motorcycle theory test each month from Jan 2021 until the current date? only motorcycle theory tests. Please provide the figures for module 1 and 2 for each month from Jan 2021? Also can you please provide the figures for all motorcycles test taken each month from Jan 2021 excluding Module 1 and 2 tests? | 08/12/2021 |
| IA/01267/21 | Fully successful | **How many HGV driver tests were carried out during each month of the 2019 calendar year. **How many HGV driving licences were issued during each month of the 2019 calendar year. **How many HGV driver tests were carried out during each month of the 2020 calendar year. **How many HGV driving licences were issued during each month of the 2020 calendar year. **How many HGV driver tests were carried out this year in the months of January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September and October. **How many HGV driving licences were issued this year in the months of January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September and October. **How many HGV driving licence applications are currently being processed as of today (Nov 9), broken down by new applications and renewals. **What the current average waiting time is for a vocational HGV driving licence test as of today. | 01/12/2021 |
| IA/01295/21 | Partially successful | 1. How many car and motorcycle theory tests were booked per month between August 2018 and November 2021 across the entire United Kingdom? 2. How many instances of outage/failure have there been with your online booking system for car and motorcycle theory tests between August 2018 and November 2021? 3. How many car and motorcycle theory test bookings have been cancelled each month between January 2020 and November 2021 by both the DVSA and those who have booked the tests. | 13/12/2021 |
| IA/01296/21 | Partially successful | The number of vehicles on VOI requests made by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency in 2019, 2020 and H1 2021, broken down by year and by:A) Action (Column 5): Stop/Assess/No ActionB) Reason (Column 7)Additionally, for submissions where "Reason" is "Documents", please provide the proportion of submissions with "No Insurance", "No MOT", "No Tax" and "No Keeper" are also requested. The number of enforcement actions undertaken by the department resulting from data from the National ANPR Service in 2019, 2020 and H1 2021. Provide the internal policy regarding the usage of data from nationally populated lists relating to "No Tax", "No MOT", "No Insurance", and "No Keeper" referred to in the comment for column 7 in section 5. | 13/12/2021 |
| IA/01322/21 | Fully successful | 1. Within your department, are you still allowing staff to work remotely overseas due to exceptional circumstances, if not, when did this advice change?2. Are you allowing the following "The department will consider, on a case by case basis, requests by employees to accompany a Civil Service partner who has been posted abroad" within your department?3. Can you advise how you define the term "Civil Service partner"? | 02/12/2021 |
| IA/01330/21 | Fully successful | The numbers of failures of MOT's in class 3 & 4 vehicles where the failure was as a result of or including point 8.2 on the MOT Inspection Manual. | 17/12/2021 |
| IA/01331/21 | Partially successful | 1. Broken down by month, how many complaints about driving instructors have there been from 1 January 2015 until now? 2. What was the nature of the complaints. 3. Broken down by month, how many of the complaints involve inappropriate behaviour by the driving instructor? 4. Broken down by month, how many of the complaints involve sexually inappropriate behaviour by the driving instructor? 5. Broken down by month, how many complaints have been investigated from 1 January 2015 until now? 6. What action has been taken on the complaints? Broken down by month, how many driving instructors have been suspended following an investigation from 1 January 2015 until now? | 17/12/2021 |
| IA/01363/21 | Fully successful | (a) what historical periods that there weren't driving tests (and the reasons why) during the period 1935-1990.(b) for the periods there were car driving tests which body (or agency) had responsibility for testing those who applied for a full car driving licence during the period 1935-1990.For clarity I am asking the above for England and Wales only. | 03/12/2021 |
| IA/01371/21 | Fully successful | 1) Please provide any document which shows all features of the new application OR; 2) Please provide any document/guide which assists the training of examiners for the app and; 3) Links or copies of any videos which explain the uses and functionality of the app, for examiners, internal staff or for publication. | 16/12/2021 |
| IA/01372/21 | Fully successful | What is the average number of days between the date that a practical driving test was booked, and the date that practical test was taken?Could I please get this data for all practical test centres, for Q3 2019 and Q3 2021? | 09/12/2021 |
| IA/01383/21 | Fully successful | what phone numbers were called from the Featherstone test centre between the hours of 0915 and 0935 on the 2nd of December 2021. This request includes mobile numbers. | 20/12/2021 |
| IA/01399/21 | Partially successful | How many test have been completed within the following years? ( Theory and the official driving test) With an allocated breakdown. - How many test were cancelled within the following years ( 2019, 2020, 2021) due to specific issues mentioned above?- How many driving instructors left this occupation on average amongst all driving companies? | 16/12/2021 |
| IA/01405/21 | Partially successful | I would like to request details on the outcome of a recent opportunity for DVSA staff to become Disability, Bullying, and Harassment Complex Investigators. The information I would like is as follows|Applicant NameInterview Score (out of 35)Department Worked InAwarded Position (Y/N)Total number of positions available | 15/12/2021 |
| IA/01433/21 | Fully successful | a) how many cases get referred to drink driving courses for incidents in Cornwall,b) how many cases get referred to drink driving courses for drivers from Cornwall,c) what the take-up % is like,d) what the attendance % is like,e) and drink driving reoffending rates for those attending compared to all those not attending.f) the referral pathway, and g) the commissioning and funding arrangements. | 31/12/2021 |