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DVSA FOI disclosure log, June 2021

Updated 24 June 2022
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Request reference Request status Request summary Date the response was issued
IA/00532/21 Fully successful I would like to request a copy of your written instructions, that DVSA gave to Vehicle Examiners during the current Corvid 19 restrictions. Regrading investigations into MOT Appeals (VT17), for the period up to and including 31st March 2021. 02/06/2021
IA/00502/21 Fully successful To supply the past 3 years of requests for changes to incorrect MOT certificates. 04/06/2021
IA/00506/21 Fully successful Provide the number of motorbike instructors who were successful in passing the two day CBT assessment at Cardington for 2019 and 2020. Also the total of those assessed. 08/06/2021
IA/00509/21 Partially successful The age and ethnicity statistics for people who passed and failed their practical driving test for the 2019-20 year for each of the following testing centre: o Kendal o Peterhead o Wellingborough o Yeovil o Dorchester o Melton Mowbray o Northallerton o Ipswich o Chorley o Durham o Rochdale o Erith (London) o South Yardley (Birmingham) o Speke, Liverpool o Kingstanding (Birmingham) o Belvedere (London) o Leeds o Wanstead (London) o Wolverhampton o Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. In addition to this could you also please provide the theory test centres with the highest and lowest pass rates for the year 2019-20, with the results split by gender if possible. 08/06/2021
IA/00571/21 Fully successful Please could I have the test times for the following MOT test numbers:4737 8901 53817567 6011 74358697 8143 51975937 5208 47606391 1878 53302444 3928 88288976 3965 4063 09/06/2021
IA/00523/21 Partially successful Please supply information on the percentage of 'no shows' or cancellations with less that 3 days notice both for the year before the first lockdown and since testing resumed after the latest one. 10/06/2021
IA/00533/21 Partially successful 1) How many people have notified you of passing their vocational theory test since testing was restarted recently and how do the figures compare to 2019/2018/2017, and2) How many people of passed their vocational practical test (changed from a provisional to full licence) since testing was restarted recently and how do the figures compare to 2019/2018/2017. 11/06/2021
IA/00530/21 Partially successful 1) All correspondence held by the DVSA regarding testing sites in Shetland for Motorcycle module 1 and vocational testing provision in Lerwick2) Any reports given to the DVSA about proposed new testing sites or commissioned by the DVSA . 14/06/2021
IA/00531/21 Partially successful Gender breakdown of new motorcyclists in the UK each year between 2010 and 2020 to compare trends. How many men/women completed cbt each year How many men/women passed A1 Licence each year How many men /women passed A2 licence each year How many men/women passed A licence each year. 14/06/2021
IA/00578/21 Fully successful Test allocations for Southampton LGV Test Centre from April 2019 through to March 2020 and for April 2021 and May 2021 broken down by business. 14/06/2021
IA/00549/21 Fully successful Total of MOT's conducted between April 2019 to April 2020 alongside April 2020 to April 2021? What was the number of MOT's conducted for March and April and 2021 ? 15/06/2021
IA/00550/21 Fully successful details for DVSA site inspections of Practical Bike Training area at Morecambe F.C., Morecambe. 15/06/2021
IA/00585/21 Fully successful We used to have a report sent (see attached) which highlighted the following Preparer ID MOT pass statistics, " Preparer ID" Pass" Fail" PRS" Total" Preparer Initial Pass Rate" Preparer Final Pass Rate" National Initial Pass Rate" National Final Pass RateI'm under the impression that this report is no longer available, can you confirm if I'm able to gain this information anywhere else please? 17/06/2021
IA/00586/21 Fully successful The average daily number of driving tests that candidates failed to attend in England, Wales and Scotland for the period January-March 2020. Please provide the average daily number of driving tests that candidates failed to attend in England, Wales and Scotland for the period 22 April - 24 May 2021. 18/06/2021
IA/00612/21 Fully successful 1) I would like to know in 2019 what percentage of people that took the module 4 test to acquire a HGV license failed first time. 2) I would like to know in 2019 what percentage of people that took the module 4 test to acquire a bus license failed first time. 18/06/2021
IA/00577/21 Fully successful Since the restart after lock down in 2021 (22nd April 2021?(, how many car driving tests per month are being published on your website portal? https://www.gov.uk/book-driving-testWhat frequency are car driving test slots being made available on the booking system?Which day of the week or month does this occur?How far in advance are new car driving test slots released? How many car driving test slots are made available at Macclesfield Test station each month? 21/06/2021
IA/00579/21 Fully successful Number of normal MOT's done at each location for 2020 for classes 3,4,5 & 7. 1 to 250 251 -500 501 -600 601 -700 701 -800 801 - 900 901 - 1,000 1,0001 -2,000 2001 -3000 3,001 - 4,000 4001 - 5,000 5,001 - 6,000 6,001 - 7,000 7,001 - 8,000 8,001 - 9,000 9,001 - 10,000 10,001 - 11,000 11,001 -12,000 12,001 13000 13,001 -14,000 14,001 - 15,000 15,001 - 20,000 20,001 - 25,000 25,001 - 30,000 0ver 30,000 22/06/2021
IA/00617/21 Fully successful Please can you advise if the DVSA specify the minimum time that it should take an ATB to complete element A, B, C and D (individually). The DVSA already specify a minimum of time of 2 hours for element E.If there are minimum times specified for elements A to D please advise if they are mandated by any UK legislation and if so what is the legislation. 22/06/2021
IA/00499/21 Fully successful Breakdown of the number of driving theory test attempts, per location in the UK for 2019 and 2020. 23/06/2021
IA/00600/21 Fully successful 1) How many cases are there in a typical year (2018 or 2019 for example) of HGVs carrying insecure loads and how many of thost resulted in prosecution? 2) Of the prosecutions, how many resulted in drivers and haulage firms losing their licences? 3) Is there a system in place for persistent offenders (either haulage firms or drivers) from losing their licences? 28/06/2021
IA/00599/21 Fully successful For the last financial year (2020/21) please state:1. How many driving test examiners reported that they were physically assaulted by driving test applicants?2. How many driving test examiners reported that they were verbally assaulted by driving test applicants?3. How many impersonation cases were reported to your Fraud and Integrity team in relation to vehicle practical examinations?4. How many impersonation cases were reported to your Fraud and Integrity team in relation to vehicle theory examinations?5. If you hold any figures relating to how many of these misdemeanours were reported to the police and the results of those reports (ie whether the individual was cautioned, charged etc) then please let me have that information as well.Please could the answer be provided in tables on the same basis and in the same format as a previous FoI response [Ref: IA/00197/15]6. In a previous FoI response [Ref: IA/00583/20] you supplied details of (i) major and (ii) minor crashes that occurred in practical driving tests. Could you provide me with similar data for the 2020/21 financial year? 30/06/2021
IA/00663/21 Successful 1. Name of SIRO / Senior Information Risk Owner, or equivalent. A name and job title, or if they are below the disclosable level just a job title is fine. 2. Contact email for answer to Q1. 3. Name of Data Protection Officer. 4. Contact email for DPO. 5. Do you have Information Asset Owners appointed? 6. Approximately how often is IAO Training delivered/implemented, and when was this last done. 6. Who would be responsible for organising training for the IAO's overall (If appointed) - a Name and Job title 30/06/2021