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DVSA Freedom of Information (FOI) disclosure log, February 2018

Updated 21 February 2019
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Request reference Request status Request summary Date the response was issued
IA/01317/17 Fully successful I would like to request a copy of the responses to the following FOI requests IA/01061/17, IA/01083/17, IA/01132/17, IA/00990/17, IA/01036/17, IA/01082/17, IA/00932/17 01/02/2018
IA/01320/17 Fully successful How many checks for emissions cheating targeting lorry drivers and operators were conducted by the DVSA over 2017 05/02/2018
IA/01325/17 Fully successful The number of people involved in strike action for December 05/02/2018
IA/01328/17 Fully successful For the (2016/17) financial year please state how many (i) ADIs have had their registration revoked when a criminal conviction came to light and (ii) how many PDIs were refused registration as a result of a criminal record? 06/02/2018
IA/01330/17 Fully successful I am requesting the average age of Approved Driving Instructors in the UK and the age of the youngest instructor currently registered. 06/02/2018
IA/01339/17 Partially successful During car driving tests, bay parking may now be tested in public car parks (rather than those that are part of the DVSA estate). 1. Which public car parks are used by Chingford, Loughton and Wanstead driving test centres? 2. How many complaints has DVSA received regarding use of the car parks now used for tests from Chingford, Loughton and Wanstead (listed by car park) since the new test was introduced on 4 December 2017? 07/02/2018
IA/01351/17 Fully successful Please provide the number of declared 'facebook friendships' between ADI's and DE's at Dorchester, Salisbury, Taunton, Weston-Super-Mare and Yeovil DTC's). 05/02/2018
IA/01353/17 Fully successful A. For what specific purpose does the DVSA record an ADI personal reference number (PRN) from a licence when it is displayed on a driving test. B. What does the DVSA use the collected information for in respect of an individual ADI. And does the DVSA create a personal profile of an ADI from it. C. In recording the PRN, does the DVSA assume that the ADI has taught the candidate to drive. D. Who within the DVSA has access to the information stored in an individual ADI's file. Please list the name/title of every person who has access, and for what reason they have that access. E. Is collecting this PRN, when displayed, a legal requirement. If yes, please advise which document specifies this requirement.If not, why is it considered necessary to collect this piece of data. F. Where the ADI PRN is not on display on test, is any other information to potentially identify the individual ADI recorded on the DL25? If the answer is yes, what specific information is recorded? G. Is a vehicle registration number ever used to record test information to an individual ADI's file? H. For what period of time is test data which is recorded to an ADI's file stored? I. Taking into consideration that the new General Data Protection Regulations come into force from May 25th 2018, does the DVSA have any intention of publishing any personal ADI data without permission, as has been suggested on numerous occasions in the past. 12/02/2018
IA/01356/17 Fully successful How many driver details, following upload of their Driver CPC Periodic Training hours, were shared with other EU Member States during 2017. 07/02/2018
IA/01369/17 Fully successful Do DVSA use any of the following technologies/software: Certification, Document Sharing, eAssessment, eMarking, ePortfolio, Events Booking, Item Development and Management, Learning (Training) Platform, Online Proctoring, Quality Assurance Management, Scheduling/Allocation, Script Management Software, Statistics (SPSS etc), Sound Recording Assessments, Survey (surveymonkey etc), Video Recording Assessments. For each technology/software could you provide me with the supplier of that technology and the how the DVSA use said technology? 09/02/2018
IA/01370/17 Fully successful Data on detection of emission cheat devices. Can you please send me information held on these investigations) 19/02/2018
IA/01371/17 Fully successful 1. Full disclosure of Enforcement Vehicle Examiner Warrant Powers. 2. Details of the Service Level Agreement for VT01 Applications 12/02/2018
IA/01374/17 Fully successful Please provide a definition and description of activity for the specified journal codes. Please include whether the codes include travel time. 21/02/2018
IA/01375/17 Partially successful Request for information regarding energy supplier, contract terms and consumption 20/02/2018
IA/01376/17 Partially successful 1. Please confirm the annual turnover from practical driving and theory tests? 2. Please confirm the pass rate (%) for 2017 from the practical driving and theory tests? 21/02/2018
IA/01384/18 Fully successful What risk assessments have been carried out with regards to the moving of the driving test centre to Miskin from Pontypridd? To include traffic impact studies. 22/02/2018
IA/01385/18 Fully successful What assessment has there been of the suitability of the road network around the Miskin area to meet the needs of the new driving test elements following the proposed move of the test centre from Pontypridd? 22/02/2018
IA/01386/18 Fully successful Data showing semi-trailer and trailer authorisations for calendar year 2017. 14/02/2018
IA/01390/18 Fully successful Please provide information (anonomised) for the 10 best-performing theory test questions and the 10 poorest-performing theory test questions (in terms of the proportion of candidates that get the the questions right) 21/02/2018
IA/01391/18 Fully successful I would like to know how many people in Lincolnshire took their driving test over the last three years broken down by gender and specific sites for the period between November 16 2014 and November 16 2017. 21/02/2018
IA/01393/18 Fully successful Please send me all reports of intercooler failure made to VOSA or DVSA for any Jaguar LandRover (JLR) produced passenger car built since 2000. 21/02/2018
IA/01394/18 Fully successful How many complaints are being received in relation to the new driving test and the new manoeuvres. 22/02/2018
IA/01406/18 Fully successful Request for statistical infomration regarding ADI's and PDI's, specifically around parts 2 & 3 test, ADI certificates and PDI licences 21/02/2018
IA/01408/18 Fully successful Statistical information regarding the number of LGV tests conducted in Portsmouth, Hampshire, Salisbury and Wiltshire. Also dates of meetings held between DVSA to discuss specific grievances and examiner availability at Southampton LGV 09/02/2018
IA/01428/18 Partially successful 1. in the calendar year 2016 & 2017 how many ADR driver training certificates were issued? (excluding replacements). 2. Please provide the top 20 deliverers (approved centres) of ADR driver training in the period 1st Jan 17 - 30th Sept 17 by number of drivers trained . 22/02/2018
IA/01430/18 Fully successful Please supply the statistics of new trailer registrations in UK for 2017 21/02/2018
IA/01440/18 Fully successful For the years 2006 to 2017 what percentage of men & women failed their driving test for Reverse Parking 28/02/2018
IA/01442/18 Fully successful Statistical information regaridng IVA testing and 'amateur built' vehicles 28/02/2018
IA/01453/18 Fully successful Request for statistical information regarding DVSA union reps 27/02/2018
IA/01469/18 Partially successful A list of address of all checkpoints used by the DVSA for conducting road-side checks, how many times they were used and how many vehicles stopped at these checkpoints were HGV's, buses or other 20/02/2018