FOI release
DVSA FOI disclosure log, July 2020
Updated 31 December 2021
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| Request reference | Request status | Request summary | Date the response was issued |
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| IA/00582/20 | Fully successful | For the last financial year (2019/20) 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. | 02/07/2020 |
| IA/00583/20 | Fully successful | Attached is a table showing the number of (a) major and (b) minor crashes that took place while people were doing their practical driving test. Could you please provide me with similar information but for the last two financial years, namely 2018/19 and 2019/20? | 02/07/2020 |
| IA/00586/20 | Fully successful | 1) The number of qualify ADI currently on the register. 2) the number of PDI currently on the register. 3) The number of Grade A instructors currently on the register. 4) The number of Grade B currently on the register. 5) The average pass rate for a qualify ADI, that's the pass rate for instructor taken pupils for L tests. | 03/07/2020 |
| IA/00596/20 | Fully successful | What % of people who pass the driving theory test have special arrangements when sitting the test, April 2019 to March 2020? | 03/07/2020 |
| IA/00599/20 | Fully successful | how many drivers who'd passed a theory test had booked a practical test before the lockdown started and were unable to take it. | 15/07/2020 |
| IA/00608/20 | Fully successful | Last 5 Financial Years, broken down by Financial Year, of:1. Practical Driving Tests conducted and Pass Rates for Category AM Module 1. 2. Practical Driving Tests conducted and Pass Rates for Category AM Module 2. 3. Practical Driving Tests conducted and Pass Rates for Category F. 4. Practical Driving Tests conducted and Pass Rates for Category G. 5. Practical Driving Tests conducted and Pass Rates for Category H. 6. Practical Driving Tests conducted and Pass Rates for Category K. 7. Practical Driving Tests conducted where the outcome was Activity Code 3 (Fail due to eyesight) | 13/07/2020 |
| IA/00610/20 | Fully successful | The number of serious and dangerous faults observed on car tests broken down by male and female candidates for 2019? 2. The number of tests conducted and passed broken down by men and women for all tests in excess of the 5th one taken for the 2019 calendar year. | 17/07/2020 |
| IA/00615/20 | Fully successful | The estimated cost of the civil engineering works to reinstate the public footpath (Planning application ref: 10/20/0144) at Blackburn Driving Test Centre, Commercial Road | 01/07/2020 |
| IA/00619/20 | Fully successful | How many MOT Tests where done in May 2019 and May 2020? | 09/07/2020 |
| IA/00620/20 | Fully successful | 1) What are the minimum technical qualification and experience requirements for DVSA staff who test vehicles? If the requirements differ from those demanded for car MOT testers, why?2) Are candidates from other industries, employed in the testing of vehicles?3) How long do staff who test vehicles train in order to be competent to test?4) What quality control arrangements are in place to ensure that testing criteria is applied consistently throughout the country? 5) How many operators are allowed to test their own vehicles? 6) For those that are testing/self certifying, who trained these operators on how to use the online system to enter test results?7) What steps are the Department for Transport considering to allow further roll out of 'Private' testing for HGV and PCV vehicles and how is this linked to 'Earned Recognition'?8) Will IRTEC licenced technicians and IRTE Accredited workshops be allowed to test vehicles in the near future? | 20/07/2020 |
| IA/00621/20 | Fully successful | Request that DVSA provides the "VET0004 Performance Statistics for Trade Publication" for the period up to and including March 2020. | 20/07/2020 |
| IA/00622/20 | Fully successful | For the period 23rd March 2020 - 12th June 2020 HGV roadside enforcement encounter data as follows:1. The total numbers of vehicles encountered at roadside. 2. The total numbers of vehicles that had enforcement action taken - separated into action groups i.e. Defect Notice, Delayed Prohibition, Immediate Prohibition. 3. The total numbers of vehicles that had clear encounters | 14/07/2020 |
| IA/00623/20 | Fully successful | For the period 23rd March 2020 - 12th June 2020 HGV and PSV annual and first test data as follows:1. The total numbers of annual and first tests undertaken by DVSA2. The initial fail rate and final fail rate of those vehicles. | 21/07/2020 |
| IA/00632/20 | Fully successful | Could you please provide the number of rigid commercial vehicles registered by individual gross vehicle weight from 2.8 tonnes to 7.49 tonnes every year since 2010 to 2019. | 14/07/2020 |
| IA/00633/20 | Fully successful | The number of ADIs that received an:o Email with the information on COVID 19 sent on the 14th June 2020 o Text message with information for ADIs that have not supplied an email address.o What other methods have you used to communicate with ADIs to ensure that everyone on the register received important information regarding COVID 19. | 20/07/2020 |
| IA/00635/20 | Fully successful | Historical copies of the MOT Testing Manual for Classes 3, 4, 5 and 7. I require all revisions from approximately the year 1990 onwards. | 17/07/2020 |
| IA/00636/20 | Fully successful | 1. Contract Type: Maintenance, Managed, Shared (If so please state orgs) 2. Existing Supplier 3. Annual Average Spend: The annual average spend for this contract and please provide the average spend over the past 3 years for each provider 4. Hardware Brand: The primary hardware brand of the organisation's telephone system.5. Number of telephone users:6. Contract Duration: please include any extension periods.7. Contract Expiry Date: Please provide me with the day/month/year.8. Contract Review Date: Please provide me with the day/month/year.9. Application(s) running on PBX/VOIP systems: Applications that run on the actual PBX or VOIP system. E.g. Contact Centre, Communication Manager.10. Telephone System Type: PBX, VOIP, Lync etc11. Contract Description: Please provide me with a brief description of the overall service provided under this contract.12. Go to Market: How where these services procured, please provide me with either the tender notice or the framework reference number. Please specify if procured through other routes.13. Contact Detail: Of the person from within the organisation responsible for each contract full Contact details including full name, job title, direct contact number and direct email address. | 08/07/2020 |
| IA/00638/20 | Fully successful | oWhat reseller do you prefer to buy your Software through? oAre there any favoured frameworks you tend to use?oWho is the decision-maker for IT Purchasing?oWho is your mobile phone provider?oWhat Mobile Device Management Solution are you using and when is the renewal date?oWhat Mobile Threat Detection do you have in place for mobile devices and when is the renewal date?oWhat Virtual Desktop Software do you have in place for remote workers and when is the renewal date?oDo you currently use a document security or digital rights management tool and when is the renewal date?oWhat are you using for instant messaging?oWho do you currently use for your Annual IT health checks and when is your next one due?oWhat email exchange server are you running? Cloud or on-premise?oWhat antivirus software/tool do you use and when is the renewal date?oDo you have an incident response team within your IT department? | 08/07/2020 |
| IA/00639/20 | Fully successful | Please could you send me all information in the relation to the announcement on 25 June regarding driving instruction resuming on 4 July.I would like copies of all correspondence with the Government including Mr Rees Mogg particularly in connection with the speech (PQ response) he made in Parliament. I would also like to see all the evidence relating to the decision to restart lessons from 4 July in particular all information/research from the beginning of June. Please also provided information relating to the final decision being made. | 10/07/2020 |
| IA/00641/20 | Fully successful | 1/ How many IVA testers were in work at test stations in May 2020 and June 2020 2/ How many IVA tests were applied for under the PT1 scheme in category 5 (imported vehicles) during this period and April 2020.3/ How many of the PT1 category 5 tests were allocated test dates.4/ How is the allocation of PT1 applications processed and overseen. 5/ In relation to Norwich IVA test centre specifically- how many IVA tests of all PT1 categories 1-6 were carried out in May and June. 6. Whose direct responsibility is the test booking system and how does one arrange a telephone meeting with them to address scheduling concerns? | 20/07/2020 |
| IA/00650/20 | Fully successful | 1. What is the government/ DVSA policy on how long a driving examiner can go without conducting a test in any category before having to be retrained?2. How many employees within DVSA currently hold the qualification to examine drivers?3. How many of those examiners exceed your timescales provided at 1 above, and at what grade?4. Information Whether examiners have tested while breeching 1 above. How often, and when, and at what grade? | 15/07/2020 |
| IA/00651/20 | Fully successful | The private car mileage rates paid in the following departments.Driving TestersEnforcementVehicle Testing/ NGTVOSAAt all staffing levels | 20/07/2020 |
| IA/00652/20 | Fully successful | The number of standard car driving tests cancelled and rebooked by the DVSA since March 20th this year. | 08/07/2020 |
| IA/00659/20 | Fully successful | Postcode breakdown of MOTs carried out in June 2019 and 2020. | 22/07/2020 |
| IA/00662/20 | Fully successful | 1. What is your organisations current staff headcount? 2. What was your organisations annual budget for the financial year 2019-2020? 3. Does your organisation have or contract with a counter fraud specialist? 4. If yes to question 3, is this provision employed directly by your organisation, outsourced to a public sector provider or outsourced to a private sector provider? 5. What level of provision do you have to tackle fraud, bribery and corruption within your organisation (number of funded days a year)? 6. How many fraud, bribery or corruption referrals did your organisation receive during the financial year 2019-2020? 7. How many criminal investigations did your organisation carry out during the financial year 2019-2020? 8. What was the fraud loss figure identified by your organisation during the financial year 2019-2020? 9. How much of your identified fraud loss was recovered by your organisation during the financial year 2019-2020? 10. How many criminal sanctions relating to fraud, bribery and corruption did your organisation apply during the financial year 2019-2020? 11. How many disciplinary sanctions relating to fraud, bribery or corruption did your organisation apply during the financial year 2019-2020?12. What was the total cost of your organisations counter fraud staffing during 2019-2020 | 30/07/2020 |
| IA/00667/20 | Fully successful | The amount of driving tests between January 1st 2018 - current. To include dates of tests and whether the test was passed or failed.- If the test was failed, reasons as to why.- Pass rates by location (test centre. | 08/07/2020 |
| IA/00694/20 | Fully successful | 1)How many people are employed by your organisation, including full time and part time?2)What is your current intranet solution? (Sharepoint, Wordpress, Invotra, etc)3)How long have you been using this intranet solution?4)When is your intranet contract up for renewal?5)What is your annual intranet budget?6)Do you share an intranet/IT services with other organisations, if so who?7)Which team and/or individual(s) are responsible for managing your intranet internally?8)Are you using the Office 365 suite? If so, which applications from the suite are in use?9)Which team and/or individual(s) are responsible for your intranet's procurement within the organisation?10)Is your Active Directory hosted on-premise, or in the cloud?11)Could you provide us with a link to your Digital Workplace Strategy? | 31/07/2020 |
| IA/00697/20 | Fully successful | 1. Detail as to why it is written in to the act of Parliament that the DVSA must pay the DFT a dividend of 3.5% of its average capitol employed, a total of £8.4 million in the year 2018/19? 2. What the DFT uses this public money for? | 31/07/2020 |
| IA/00780/20 | Fully successful | How many new drivers licenses there were issued in 2019?And also how many drivers instructors there are in GB? | 29/07/2020 |