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

Updated 21 February 2019
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Request reference Request status Request summary Date the response was issued
IA/01776/18 Partially successful I am writing to request information published in the ATF Update: May 2018. 03/07/2018
IA/01825/18 Partially successful 1. Can you please confirm between 01/01/2008 and 18/06/2018 how many safety defects were reported? 2. Of these can you please confirm how many related to the manufacturer BMW. 3. Of these can you please confirm how many related to or reference 'timing chain', 'chain' or 'belt'. 4. If possible can you also confirm model types e.g. 1 series, 3 series 5 series etc? Can you please confirm between 01/01/2008 and 18/06/2018 how many defects were reported overall? 17/07/2018
IA/01832/18 Fully successful WRT your ref: IA/01039/17 a request was made for the number of letters DVSA received in regards to the Ford ‘degas hose recall’. I'd like a refresh on those numbers please. 16/07/2018
IA/01840/18 Partially successful Request for statistical data regarding practical driving tests for 2017. 16/07/2018
IA/01841/18 Fully successful I would be grateful if you would provide statistics to the following requests in regard to the Swindon and Cheltenham DVA centres:1. The percentage of people that pass their car driving test on each day of the week. 2. The percentage of people that pass their car-driving test in each time slot. 13/07/2018
IA/01846/18 Fully successful 1. Does JAUPT risk assess Approved Centres? 2. If so, what methodology does it use. i.e. What scoring system do they use and how do they use this score in regard to deciding what centres and courses to visit. 3. What is Pride Training UK Ltd Score or risk assessment? 4. What is the average score or risk level. 18/07/2018
IA/01859/18 Fully successful We are interested to know how many tests M1 tests and retests are carried out daily at UK test stations - please can you summarise the last three months of test data. Also please can you confirm when you will be accepting POTF Applications again. 17/07/2018
IA/01862/18 Fully successful Please provide a breakdown of the number of faults on Category B (car) driving tests for driving tests that were passed between 01-April-2017 and 31-March-2018. 20/07/2018
IA/01869/18 Fully successful How many attempts on average it takes for a male and for a female to pass their test in Pease Pottage test centre Crawley. 18/07/2018
IA/01870/18 Fully successful Please could you let me know the amount that ATF operators have been compensated for DVSA cancelled ATF testing appointments in 2017, 2016, 2015? 27/07/2018
IA/01871/18 Partially successful I would like the contacts details (address, email and phone number) of all approved APIs held in your database. 09/07/2018
IA/01872/18 Fully successful Please provide information on the actual SCORES achieved (by ADI's) in Standards Checks rather than the grades. I would like a month by month breakdown from October 2015 through to March2018 (inclusive) please. 18/07/2018
IA/01876/18 Fully successful I would be very grateful if you could supply information regarding number of B+E test, results and locations. 19/07/2018
IA/01877/18 Fully successful Please advised now many VT8 Demonstration Tests were carried out by the DVSA in 2017, split by: (a) Newly qualified testers following achievement of the new MOT Tester Qualification. (b) Testers who are returning to testing after a disciplinary or voluntary gap in active testing 25/07/2018
IA/01878/18 Fully successful 1. What the average pass rate of driving instructors was between 31/3/17 & 31/3/18. 2. What the average pass rate is for driving instructors who have completed forty tests between 31/3/17 & 31/3/18 3. How many driving instructors did 40 or more tests and how many were grade A from 31/3/17 to 31/3/18. 20/07/2018
IA/01880/18 Fully successful Please supply up to date copies of the forms JAUPT Auditors use when undertaking a Driver CPC Course Audit and an Approved Centre Audit. 23/07/2018
IA/01881/18 Partially successful 1. The total number of automatic car driving test undertaken in 2016-2017 vs manual car tests. 2. The total number of automatic car driving test undertaken in 2017-2018 vs manual car tests. 3. The first time pass rate of automatic car driving tests 2017-2018. 4. The overall pass rate of automatic car driving tests 2017-2018 25/07/2018
IA/01883/18 Partially successful Pass rates at Stone (LGV) split into 3-month periods over a 2-year period going back and over the whole period of 2 years pass rates by examiner. 20/07/2018
IA/01891/18 Fully successful How many MOT Test Centres there are in the UK? Could you please give me a number, which is nearest to the answer, so 10,000 for example? 23/07/2018
IA/01902/18 Fully successful For the last financial year (2017/18), please state: 1. How many driving test examiners reported that they were physically assaulted or verbally assaulted by driving test applicants? 2. How many impersonation cases were reported to your Fraud and Integrity team in relation to vehicle practical examinations and vehicle theory examinations? 3. If you hold any figures relating to how many of these misdemeanours were reported to the police and the results of those reports (i.e. whether the individual was cautioned, charged etc) then please let me have that information as well. 30/07/2018
IA/01908/18 Fully successful Can I please request data that shows a breakdown of the module 2 test passes total - Tests passed by licence category ( ie the total module 2 tests passed figure split by AM, A1, A2 and A licence categories). Ideally I would like 2012/13 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18. 23/07/2018
IA/01910/18 Fully successful 1. The number of Practical Driving Tests taken at the Shrewsbury DTC within the last 12 months, from the date 11th July 2018. 2. Out of that number, how many of those tests have been passed or failed. 3. How many complaints have been lodged against the Shrewsbury DTC in the last 12 months - and of those complaints - how many have been upheld, and how many have been rejected. 23/07/2018
IA/01911/18 Fully successful For the period 1/1/2018 - 31/3/2018. (a) The number of car driving tests in which Satellite Navigation was used for the independent driving section of the test, and the number of such tests resulting in a pass. (b) The number of car driving tests in which the independent driving section of the test was performed by a means other than using Satellite Navigation, and the number of such tests resulting in a pass. 26/07/2018
IA/01944/18 Fully successful 1. Last 10 complaints received against practical driving test for car. 2. Plans to make getting driver license cheaper for individuals. 24/07/2018