FOI release
DVSA Freedom of Information (FOI) disclosure log, November 2018
Updated 21 February 2019
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| Request reference | Request status | Request summary | Date the response was issued |
|---|---|---|---|
| IA/02243/18 | Fully successful | I am enquiring to see if it is possible to get historical data on the MOT 'first time' pass rate and 'Pass after Rectification at the Station' (PRS) for large PSV's in the UK for the past three years; 2015, 2016 and 2017. | 05/11/2018 |
| IA/02244/18 | Fully successful | When did the DVSA go into North Lincolnshire Council and check drivers’ driving licences and the vehicles? When did the DVSA do into Amvale and check the ambulances | 05/11/2018 |
| IA/02255/18 | Fully successful | Can you provide details of the most common reasons for an MOT failure? Broken down by the class of vehicle, year, and postcode? | 09/11/2018 |
| IA/02265/18 | Fully successful | Statistical data and information in regards to the number of legal disputes between your agency and other central government departments and non-departmental government bodies | 09/11/2018 |
| IA/02272/18 | Fully successful | Is there a way of rewording this/ reducing the date range that would help me obtain the information I previously requested? | 05/11/2018 |
| IA/02273/18 | Fully successful | I was wondering for May 2018, June 2018, July 2018, August 2018, September 2018 and October 2018, whether it would be possible to give me the % of cars that initially failed - under the new MOT rules - because of 'Dangerous' defects. | 20/11/2018 |
| IA/02279/18 | Fully successful | Are you able to tell me how many decisions to dismiss (staff) were overturned at appeal over the past five years? | 05/11/2018 |
| IA/02280/18 | Fully successful | How many miles have been driven between MOT failure for one or more dangerous defects and MOT being subsequently passed | 09/11/2018 |
| IA/02286/18 | Fully successful | Could you please provide the data and percentage of people who pass the theory test on their first attempt during 2017-2015, organised by year. Please include details of age and gender. | 13/11/2018 |
| IA/02293/18 | Fully successful | (1) Reasons for driving test failures broken down by 2017 and 2018 (calendar years) to date (i.e. the % of failed tests caused by junction observation, pulling over on to the opposite of the road and reversing two car lengths etc.) (2) If possible, the above data broken down by month. | 09/11/2018 |
| IA/02295/18 | Partially successful | (1) The total number of complaints received against practical driving test for motorcycle examiners for the module 2 test at the Enfield test centre in the last 12 months, today's date is 01/11/2018. (2) These complaints divided by category; number of complaints in each category (conduct of examiner, disputed decision, vehicle safety etc.) (3) These complaints divided by examiner; number of complaints against each examiner. (4) The outcome of these complaints; number of each outcome (nothing done, refund of test fee, examiner dismissal etc.) | 14/11/2018 |
| IA/02297/18 | Fully successful | I would like to know the wait time for VT8 Observed test from the date of request, by UK region. | 14/11/2018 |
| IA/02303/18 | Partially successful | Details of how many people and by what examiners have failed there driving tests from the Wolverhampton test centre on a serious fault at a pedestrian crossing | 09/11/2018 |
| IA/02316/18 | Fully successful | The total cost to the DVSA of handling the following complaints (reference numbers):1805/00672, 1806/01031, 1807/00286. | 19/11/2018 |
| IA/02320/18 | Fully successful | The top 10 Driving Instructor pass rate % with Redditch postcode please. | 19/11/2018 |
| IA/02321/18 | Fully successful | Please can you supply the response for FOI request IA/01441/18? Additionally, please can you supply the following Theory Test data for financial year 2017-18? Car: Demand, Throughput, Motorcycle: Demand, Throughput, Vocational: Demand, Throughput | 28/11/2018 |
| IA/02322/18 | Fully successful | How many learners drivers pass the driving test with their own car? If this information is not available would it be possible to get a breakdown of: (1) The number of passes per test centre, excluding registration numbers that had been used in the test centre more than 3 times within that calendar year. (2) Then only pass rates for learners where the registration number had been used more than 3 times before within that calendar year. (3) A year on year comparison per the calendar year between 2015-2017. | 19/11/2018 |
| IA/02323/18 | Fully successful | (1) What is the MOT pass/failure rate for the first five full months since the test was changed (June/July/August/September/October) compared with the pass rates in the equivalent months in 2017? (2) What are the pass/failure rates for petrol and diesel cars for June-October 2018? What are the equivalent pass/failure rates for the same months in 2017? (3) What percentage of diesel test failures are related to emissions (June-October 2018)? (4) What percentage of diesel test failures were related to emissions for the equivalent months in 2017? (5) Of those emissions-related failures among diesel cars under the updated test procedure, what percentage are due to the DPF having been tampered with or removed? (6) Has the DVSA received any formal complaints that some test centres are using the tougher tests as an excuse to demand unnecessary work is carried out, or to inflate the cost of repairs as it would be illegal to drive the car to an alternative garage after an MOT failure? If so, what is the current status of these complaints? | 30/11/2018 |
| IA/02327/18 | Fully successful | Please send me all of the dates when the DVSA has put out a tender for their First Car Magazine in the last five years. | 13/11/2018 |
| IA/02329/18 | Fully successful | The total number of HGV (LGV) Truck MOT's carried out per (calendar) year (2016, 2017 & 2018 to date) in the following postcode areas. DH1 to 9, DH97 to 99, DL1 to 17, NE1 to 16, S1 to 14, S17 to 21, S25 to 26, S30 to 33, S35 to 36, S41 to 45, S49, S60 to 66, S70 to 72, BD1 to 24, BD97 to 99, HG1 to 5, LS1 to 12. By ATF lanes or DVSA own facilities. | 29/11/2018 |
| IA/02334/18 | Fully successful | Request for historical trailer data | 20/11/2018 |
| IA/02339/18 | Fully successful | I would like the waiting times for each individual test centre in Area 18 from Feb 2017 to Oct 2018. I would like this information to be month by month from the dates stated. | 19/11/2018 |
| IA/02342/18 | Fully successful | I would like to know the number of MOTs performed by month for the last 5 years, and the pass/fail rate. I would like the information for Cars (Veh 02) If the data could be split by Vehicle Make and or year of first registration that would be even better | 29/11/2018 |
| IA/02348/18 | Partially successful | 1) What is the earliest date I can apply for the extension of my ADI certificate? (2) How many ADIs with a lower number than myself are still on the register in the UK and in Yorkshire? (3) Is there a Driving Instructor by the name of (name provided) on the register? (4) Is Otley based Driving Instructor (name provided) a "Grade A" Registered Driving Instructor? | 20/11/2018 |
| IA/02356/18 | Partially successful | (1) The number of students who have passed in the last 12 months at Maidstone Test Centre despite low speed fault (minors) where the test inspector was (name provided). (2) The number of students who have failed in the last 12 months at Maidstone Test Centre as a result of low speed (serious or dangerous) when the test inspector was (name provided). (3) Items 1 and 2 but across the entire range of tests conducted by all inspectors at Maidstone Test Centre | 28/11/2018 |
| IA/02357/18 | Fully successful | For each of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017, I would like to know how many roadside checks were done on HGV drivers, the number of fines issued and the cost of fines issued. | 30/11/2018 |