FOI release
DVSA Freedom of Information (FOI) disclosure log, October 2018
Updated 21 February 2019
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| Request reference | Request status | Request summary | Date the response was issued |
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| IA/02024/18 | Partially successful | Please provide copies of all Equality & Diversity policies for both staff and customers currently and for last two years. Customer Charter for Pearson Vue. Copies of HR policies, to include disciplinary related policies, professional conduct policies, and other policies not limited to but related to staff conduct. The number of Security officers working at Ilford Pearson test centre with detailed breakdown of their salaries and times they work. Are sites covered open to close throughout the week all year round? Details of staff numbers and salaries paid to staff in Ilford Pearson test centre. Process and Procedures in place at Ilford Pearson for and when making complaints. Incidents logged at Ilford branch. Details of discrimination policy | 03/10/2018 |
| IA/02136/18 | Partially successful | Please could you provide me with data on the number of Module 1 and 2 Motorcycle practical driving tests and Car practical driving tests conducted on a Saturday or Sunday broken down by Test centre. Please could you provide this data from 1 Jan 2015 to 31 August 2018? | 05/10/2018 |
| IA/02137/18 | Fully successful | Please could you provide me with data on the failure percentage of Module 1 and 2 Motorcycle practical driving tests and Car practical driving test? Specifically, I would like to understand in what proportion of these tests the failure was due to one or more serious faults. Please could you provide this data from 1 Jan 2015 to 31 August 2018? | 08/10/2018 |
| IA/02144/18 | Fully successful | How many disabled people have taken a class 1 or class 2 driving test in the past 5 years? How many have passed/failed? | 02/10/2018 |
| IA/02147/18 | Fully successful | Please provide the most up to date statistics for overweight LGV's in the UK and the relevant fines and prosecutions. For 2017-2018 financial year | 08/10/2018 |
| IA/02148/18 | Fully successful | Please provide a copy of the Job Description for the position of "Bus Compliance Officer - Cymru" | 02/10/2018 |
| IA/02149/18 | Fully successful | Please provide a breakdown of recorded faults on Category B (car) driving tests nationally for each calendar year between 2013 to 2018.The information I require is as follows: Fault ID (from DL25), number of driving faults recorded, number of Serious Faults recorded, Number of Dangerous Faults recorded. Broken down by faults of those who failed and those who passed please? | 03/10/2018 |
| IA/02150/18 | Fully successful | Are there plans to release more up to date data in regards to “Cohort II study? If so, please provide me with the following: The average cost of driving lessons in the UK - hourly rate. The average number of hours needed for drivers to pass their test. If you have historical data I would like to have these figures for each calendar year ranging from 2013-2018 | 03/10/2018 |
| IA/02151/18 | Fully successful | Please provide a breakdown of the number of faults recorded on Category B driving test passes for financial years 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/2016, 2016/17 and 2017/18. Broken down by number of faults 0-15. | 05/10/2018 |
| IA/02152/18 | Fully successful | What is the proportion of Category B driving tests in private cars compared to instructor’s cars, and what is the pass rates for each category. If you keep information on whether the car presented for test is fitted with dual controls then please provide the following information: For calendar years 2013 through to 2018; a) how many Category B tests were taken in cars WITH dual controls and what was the pass rate b) how many Category B tests were taken in cars WITHOUT dual controls and what was the pass rate. Would it also be possible to get a breakdown of region and gender as well please? | 03/10/2018 |
| IA/02153/18 | Fully successful | For the most recently available 12 months' worth of data:- 1) A summary by MOT testing station listing the number of:- MOTs Passed, MOTs Failed and MOTs retests passes. Expected data - Date of period covered - VTS site number, Trading Name, VTS address Line 14, VTS Postcode, Number of MOTs Passed (excluding retest), Number of MOTs Failed; Number of MOTs passed on retest. 2) Number of MOT Testing stations that do not offer a partial or full repair service. Expected data - Date of period covered - VTS site number, Trading Name, VTS address Line 14, VTS Postcode - Repair service offered Yes / No - if yes Full or Partial. 3) The number of MOT failure queries by customers to your department where the parts had been replaced and therefore you have refused to progress the challenged. Expected data - Date of period covered - number of MOT challenges refused because parts have been replaced. 4) The number of MOT failures that have been challenged, the number inspected by yourselves, and the number of challenges held up. Expected data - Date of period covered - VTS site number, Trading Name, VTS address Line 14, VTS Postcode - Number of failures Challenged - Number successful challenges Data to be restricted to cars presented at VTS sites in Staffordshire and Derbyshire. | 05/10/2018 |
| IA/02154/18 | Fully successful | Please could you share data on Gender and Ethnicity of Examiners for all Motorcycle and Car Practical Tests? Any breakdown by region/county/test centre would also be helpful. | 05/10/2018 |
| IA/02155/18 | Fully successful | Are any internal communications (including emails) since the date of my test (25 July 2018) relating to the placement of the trolley and spare cone(s) during C and/or C1 LGV tests for Camborne Test Centre. | 08/10/2018 |
| IA/02165/18 | Fully successful | Please provide a list of all UK test centres so we can canvass the property owners to see if they would be willing to sell their interest to our investment client. We need a list of all centres across the UK for all types of vehicles | 05/10/2018 |
| IA/02166/18 | Fully successful | How many people are already on the fleet driver training register and what the geographic split is like across Scotland and the North of England? | 08/10/2018 |
| IA/02167/18 | Fully successful | Please provide any summaries, reports or assessments that the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has made or commissioned on the impact of a "no deal" Brexit and any action that it is taking in respect of such a scenario. | 10/10/2018 |
| IA/02169/18 | Fully successful | For each of the years 1/4/15 - 31/3/16, 1/4/16 - 31/3/17 & 1/4/17 - 31/3/18, please provide: a) the number of car driving tests in which one (and only one) of the following was true: (i) the test was supervised by a DVSA manager (ii) the candidate's instructor was an observer on test. (iii) There was an interpreter present with the candidate. (iv) There was another observer on test. b) The number of tests in which two or more of the above were true. In each case, please provide both the total number of tests and the number, which resulted in a pass. | 05/10/2018 |
| IA/02170/18 | Fully successful | For each of the years 1/4/15 - 31/3/16, 1/4/16 - 31/3/17 & 1/4/17 - 31/3/18, please provide the following information for each of the Edinburgh (Musselburgh) and Edinburgh (Currie) Test Centres:1. Number of faults recorded: a) The total number of Driver Faults (aka Minor Faults) recorded across all car-driving tests. (b) The total number of Serious Faults recorded across all car-driving tests. (c) The total number of Dangerous Faults recorded across all car-driving tests. (d) The total number of Driver Faults (aka Minor Faults) recorded across all car-driving tests that resulted in a Pass. 2. Most frequently occurring faults: (a) The ten most frequently occurring Driver Faults (aka Minor Faults), and the number of times each was recorded. (b) The ten most frequently occurring Serious Faults, and the number of times each was recorded (c) The ten most frequently occurring Dangerous Faults, and the number of times each was recorded. For the avoidance of doubt "the number of times each was recorded" means the total number of times each fault occurred, NOT the number of tests on which each fault occurred, e.g. if a fault occurs three times on a single test that is 3 times that fault was recorded.3. Candidates accompanied by an instructor: (a) The number of car driving tests conducted on which a driving instructor's Personal Reference Number was recorded, and (b) The number of such tests resulting in a pass | 05/10/2018 |
| IA/02172/18 | Fully successful | From 1 January 2011 to the present date, please provide any information or media pertaining to the Nissan Navara and/or Pathfinder corrosion issues. This is to include internal documents, emails, minutes of meetings and any other relevant documentation. | 12/10/2018 |
| IA/02182/18 | Fully successful | I would like to know the fallout rate of newly qualified driving instructors (car). For the previous 5 calendar years, can you tell me the yearly number of newly qualified ADI's (operating for less than 4 years previous) who inform the DVSA that they are no longer operational? | 10/10/2018 |
| IA/02183/18 | Fully successful | Please could you release the following FOI responses: IA/01275/17 and IA/01441/18 | 18/10/2018 |
| IA/02184/18 | Fully successful | Please could you provide details of the total number of MOT tests and the number of passes and fails, every month from January 2017 to August 2018, if you have figures up to that date? In addition, would it be possible to have these figures broken down by class of vehicle as well. Would it also be possible to get a % breakdown of initial defect categories for MOT fails since May 2018 up to present day? | 08/10/2018 |
| IA/02190/18 | Fully successful | Please can you provide the following statistics; (1) Total of Testers uploading initial tester qualification certificates to MTS since the introduction of the Ofqual Qualifications for Testers (both Level 2 Award in MOT Testing Classes 4 & 7, and Level 2 Award in MOT Testing Classes 1 & 2) from May 2016 to present. (2) Total of Testers signed off with a VT8 Demonstration by DVSA Vehicle Examiners since the introduction of the Ofqual Qualifications for Testers (both Level 2 Award in MOT Testing Classes 4 & 7, and Level 2 Award in MOT Testing Classes 1 & 2) from May 2016 to present. (3) Total of newly qualified testers who have received disciplinary action and/or cessation since the introduction of the Ofqual Qualifications for Testers (both Level 2 Award in MOT Testing Classes 4 & 7, and Level 2 Award in MOT Testing Classes 1 & 2) from May 2016 to present | 16/10/2018 |
| IA/02191/18 | Fully successful | Please provide the waiting times for mot over the past 10 years for HGV lorries. Please provide the details for the cost of mot over the past 10 years for HGV Lorries. Please break this down both monthly and yearly for both financial and calendar years. | 10/10/2018 |
| IA/02195/18 | Fully successful | Attached is a document (our ref : IA/00150/12), showing the number and reasons for men and women failing their practical driving test. Could you provide me with similarly formatted data in an Excel spreadsheet showing the number of faults broken down by type of fault and gender for (i) 2016 and (ii) 2017? | 10/10/2018 |
| IA/02196/18 | Partially successful | How many Cat. D practical driving tests (module 3) were conducted by the specified bus company between 01/01/2015 and 19/01/2018. | 22/10/2018 |
| IA/02198/18 | Fully successful | Could you please tell me, for years 2015/16- 2016/17- 2017/18, all tests relating to manual car cat B. How many times a test has been null and void due to road traffic conditions. (i.e. not enough traffic present to enable the examiner to make a proper assessment). Could you provide this information for England, Scotland and Wales. Also for specific test centres namely, Hartlepool, Durham, Darlington MPTC, and Middlesbrough. | 05/10/2018 13:46 |
| IA/02199/18 | Fully successful | Please provide pass rates for men and women over the following years: 2016, 2017 and 2018. Also, the top 5 test centres in the UK with the highest pass rate, over the following years: 2016, 2017 and 2018. | 05/10/2018 |
| IA/02206/18 | Fully successful | Request for the agencies telephone systems maintenance contract information | 23/10/2018 |
| IA/02212/18 | Fully successful | Statistical information requested regarding HGV’s and OCRS scores since the introduction of Earned Recognition scheme | 19/10/2018 |
| IA/02221/18 | Fully successful | Please provide a list detailing total quantity of IVA received in year 2017 - 2018, detailing IVA's by type. i.e. IVA1LG, IVA1C etc.To include pass/fail/rejected/cancelled numbers. Additional results of IVA applications for Jan 2018 to Oct 2018, as per above results request. | 29/10/2018 |
| IA/02222/18 | Fully successful | Quantity of Weigh-in-motion-systems (WIMS) enforcement cameras on UK roads.- Number of overloaded vehicles captured by WIMS cameras for period 2017 - 2018.- Cases/percentage where weight recorded from WIMS has not been correct.- Percentage of overload by vehicle category, i.e. N1, N2 or up to 3500kg and above 3500kg to 12000kg | 19/10/2018 |
| IA/02223/18 | Fully successful | Statistical driving test data in regards to young persons and adults for specified years. To include number of attempts and average ages by region and gender. | 17/10/2018 |
| IA/02224/18 | Fully successful | Request for contract information in regards to the agencies standard firewall service, anti-virus software and Microsoft Enterprise agreement | 25/10/2018 |
| IA/02229/18 | Fully successful | A list by company name of all JAUPT approved Driver CPC Consortium Centre organisations who were live in the specified periods. I would also like to know the number of drivers / candidates which each JAUPT approved Consortium Centre delivered in each of the specified periods | 25/10/2018 |
| IA/02230/18 | Partially successful | What is the Month End total number of live JAUPT approved Driver CPC centres for each month from April 2014 to Sept 2018.In addition; the Month End total number of JAUPT approved Driver CPC courses for each month from April 2014 to Sept 2018. | 29/10/2018 |