FOI release
DVSA FOI disclosure log, September 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/00798/20 | Fully successful | During 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-2020 - how many vehicle inspections did you carry out on vehicles in the UK?How many of the drivers were found to be exceeding their hours? How many suspected tachograph manipulations were detected? How many mechanical failures were detected? How many mechanical failure prohibitions were served?How many of the vehicles were overloaded? | 01/09/2020 |
| IA/00817/20 | Fully successful | MOT test data for both Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV)and Public Service Vehicle (PSV). 1) Overall pass rate2) First time pass rate3) Pass rate including Pass after Rectification (PRS)4) Fail rateAnd would request this information for the following periodsa) 2019/20b) 2018/19c) 2017/18 | 02/09/2020 |
| IA/00826/20 | Fully successful | I request to see the amount of emergency practical driving tests applied for, how many were given, how many were declined, how many are pending | 03/09/2020 |
| IA/00827/20 | Fully successful | Which key workers have been able to book tests and how many of them? | 03/09/2020 |
| IA/00829/20 | Fully successful | Tthe number of DVSA examination test slots that have been released for critical workers or those who have had their tests placed on hold since the restart of driving tests in the UK and available to book? The number of test slots that have been booked since the restart of driving tests? The number of available tests that have so far been carried out for a critical worker or someone who has had had a test on hold from before lockdown? | 07/09/2020 |
| IA/00847/20 | Fully successful | The following information for the calendar year 2019 only:1) A list of registered HGV operators, identified by name and operator license number, and the total number of drivers' hours offences logged against that operating license for 2019 | 04/09/2020 |
| IA/00849/20 | Fully successful | What is happening with your 3rd party contractors Pearson's who manage the DVSA critical drivers driving test bookings, how much this contract is worth, how long it is in place for and how many complaints they have received in the last 6 months | 09/09/2020 |
| IA/00851/20 | Fully successful | 1. Overall number of LGV tests made available to training centres to book at Southampton LGV (Botley) test centre throughout July & August 2020 Vs the same period in 2019.2. The breakdown of number of tests allocated to each Training School forSouthampton LGV (Botley) test centre during July & August 2020. | 03/09/2020 |
| IA/00859/20 | Fully successful | The current amount and status of the backlog of driving tests booked and to be booked for the Warwick and Coventry Test Centres, ideally this would also include the current wait time for critical workers. | 01/09/2020 |
| IA/00862/20 | Fully successful | The detailed information regarding the exact date when all the MOT test stations opened and closed (and the variables that are contained in the available dataset for all the stations that are alive, or were alive between 2004 and 2019. | 03/09/2020 |
| IA/00863/20 | Fully successful | Statistics for the MOT amnesty period ? from when it started until it ended at the start of August | 11/09/2020 |
| IA/00866/20 | Fully successful | Please could you provide the cost of supplying laptops, tablets and smart phones to all DVSA support staff in 2019/20. Please see p18 of your annual report for reference. | 11/09/2020 |
| IA/00867/20 | Fully successful | Please could you provide a total cost for business travel incurred by the DVSA in 2019/20, broken down by means of transport (flights, rail, private car usage and hire car usage). | 11/09/2020 |
| IA/00868/20 | Fully successful | Total water costs for the DVSA incurred in 2019/20 | 14/09/2020 |
| IA/00870/20 | Fully successful | Total cost of paper forms stockpiled by the DVSA in 2018-19 as detailed in the 2019/20 annual report (p73). | 11/09/2020 |
| IA/00886/20 | Fully successful | Requests to obtain all correspondence: meeting notes and all correspondence that refers to ORDIT Working group that was set up for the COVID 19 changes.The risk assessment that was conducted and a copy of the report on how COVID19 affects the ADI Part 2,3 and Standard Check (SC). All correspondence that was shared with DVSA, NASP and the ORDIT trainers | 08/09/2020 |
| IA/00890/20 | Fully successful | 1. What inspections activities does the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency perform? 2. How many inspections were performed in 2019/20?3. How many inspectors do you employ, and what was the annual cost of these inspectors in 2019/20?4. Do you use third parties to perform these inspections? 5. What information management system do you use to manage the inspections, and what was the annual spend on this in 2019/20 | 17/09/2020 |
| IA/00896/20 | Fully successful | 1. The number of Irish registered commercial vehicles that underwent a roadside check in the last full calendar year.2. The percentage of Irish registered commercial vehicles that failed a roadside check in the last full calendar year.3. The percentage of UK registered commercial vehicles that failed a roadside check in the last full calendar year. | 07/09/2020 |
| IA/00897/20 | Fully successful | 1. What is the DVSAs / DfT policy regarding how long a driving examiner (warrant card holder) can go between tests without requiring refresher training?2. How many warrant card holders have breeched the time limit above in the last 48 months?3. How many of those are still conducting tests despite no refresher training? Or have conducted a test outside of the limit applied at 1. above?4. If there is no limit (at 1. above) why not? And what control measures are in place to ensure they are still competent to test without bias? Does this control measure apply to all grades? | 15/09/2020 |
| IA/00901/20 | Fully successful | 1) Please list the services that require users to verify their identity by sending in physical forms of documentation (e.g. a passport)? 1a) For each of these services, how many identities were verified in this way in your 2019/20 financial year, and what did it cost to process? | 18/09/2020 |
| IA/00904/20 | Fully successful | 1. Staff numbers as of 1 April 2020 White Black Asian Non-Black/Asian BAME SCS G6 G7 SEO HEO EO AA/AO 2. Applicants for DfT jobs in 2019-2020 White Black Asian Non-Black/Asian BAMESCS G6 G7 SEO HEO EO AA/AO 3. Shortlisted applicants for DfT jobs in 2019-2020White Black Asian Non-Black/Asian BAMESCS G6 G7 SEO HEO EO AA/AO 4. Average rating (1-7 scale) of those interviewed for DfT jobs in 2019-2020White Black Asian Non-Black/Asian BAMESCS G6 G7 SEO HEO EO AA/AO 5. Appointees for DfT jobs in 2019-2020White Black Asian Non-Black/Asian BAMESCS G6 G7 SEO HEO EO AA/AO | 07/09/2020 |
| IA/00910/20 | Fully successful | How many DVSA frontline enforcement staff have been assaulted or abused in Cumbria in the last five years? | 21/09/2020 |
| IA/00911/20 | Fully successful | Please provide details of the Equality Impact Assessment undertaken on the decision to continue with the current booking processes for driving tests. If an EIA was not undertaken, please confirm who made the decision that one was not required. | 21/09/2020 |
| IA/00926/20 | Fully successful | How many drivers MOT their car either before or on the date required and drivers who MOT their car AFTER the required MOT date. | 17/09/2020 |
| IA/00929/20 | Fully successful | 1. ICT/IM&T/IS Strategy- The IT department strategy or plans, highlights their current and future objectives.2. ICT Org Chart- A visual document that presents the structure of the IT department, please include name and job titles. If this cannot be sent, please work towards a structure with job titles.3. ICT Annual or Business Plan- Like the ICT strategy but is more annually focused.4. ICT Capital Programme/budget- A document that shows financials budget on current and future projects | 24/09/2020 |
| IA/00931/20 | Fully successful | Stoke-on-Trent (Newcastle under Lyme: The number of tests booked in each month since March 2021 that were cancelled by the DVSA. The number of those that have successfully rebooked, by month. The number of tests booked by parties that had not previously had a test cancelled, by month. The number of tests per month from when tests restarted and projected changes to this. | 25/09/2020 |
| IA/00934/20 | Fully successful | How many new drivers licenses there were issued in 2019? How many drivers instructors there are in GB? | 18/09/2020 |
| IA/00951/20 | Fully successful | How many people actually managed to personally book a test, excluding those booked by external companies using different systems/algorithms to get through ? | 28/09/2020 |
| IA/00975/20 | Fully successful | 1. Do all Candidates receive a Practical Driving Test Summary irrespective of the result being Pass/Fail/No result? 2. How many Practical Driving Test Summary templates are currently in use? 3. Could you please supply a copy of the Practical Driving Test Summary templates used? | 28/09/2020 |
| IA/00988/20 | Fully successful | How much money has the Department for Transport paid to the charity Stonewall (Stonewall Equality Limited) in the years 2018, 2019 and 2020? Please provide a breakdown of the expenditure.' | 23/09/2020 |