FOI release
DVSA FOI disclosure log, April 2022
Updated 31 March 2023
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| Record Ref No | Outcome of RFI | Summary | Completed Date | |
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| IA/00322/22 | All Information Delivered | The number of driving tests which were undertaken in an electric car? | 01/04/2022 | Not set |
| IA/00347/22 | Information Not Held | Do you have any foreign call centres (or customer service centres or whatever you call them) dealing with customers via phone and/or email and/or social media and/or any other methods? | 01/04/2022 | Not set |
| IA/00352/22 | All Information Delivered | The total value of fines collected from vehicles with defective tyres, in each of 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. | 01/04/2022 | Not set |
| IA/00254/22 | All Information Delivered | For each year from 2015 to 2021 inclusive: Please can you provide the number of reports submitted to the DVLA by the providers of the Driving Theory Test for Cars that relate to persons impersonating or believed to be impersonating a driving theory test candidate and thus were refused to test. How many persons were prosecuted and how many were disposed of with no further action. The number of reports from the provider of the Driving Theory Test for cars made to DVLA that detail:Verbal abusePhysical abuseCommon Assault Police attendanceArrests | 04/04/2022 | Not set |
| IA/00353/22 | Information Partially Delivered | 1. Copies of any business process, manual, procedure or policy concerning document redaction in your organization.2. If recorded, please indicate the FTE (staff time) spent on document redaction by your organization per year. 3. If recorded, please provide the expenditure on document redaction per year. 4. If recorded, please provide any estimates on how much document redaction is undertaken by your organization (e.g., number of documents / pages of material). 5. Please indicate any software currently used for document redaction (e.g., Adobe Acrobat Pro). 6. Do you use specialist staff who have undergone specific training to undertake document redaction? | 04/04/2022 | Not set |
| IA/00264/22 | All Information Delivered | How many main test centres are there in Aberdeen City?Where are they?How many people work at each test centre and how many days per week do they work? How many tests are being taken per week, on average, at these main test centres? How many local test centres are there in Aberdeenshire? Where are these local test centres? How many people work at each centre?How many days per week to they work? How many tests are being taken per week, on average, at these local test centres? | 06/04/2022 | Not set |
| IA/00383/22 | All Information Delivered | Could you please provide the written policy/guidance on the decision for tests to be uploaded on to the DVSA system at 6am on a Monday morning, however the telephone lines do not open until 8am. | 07/04/2022 | Not set |
| IA/00431/22 | Information Partially Delivered | England C+E PASS RATES FROM 15TH Nov 2021 to present | 07/04/2022 | Not set |
| IA/00432/22 | Information Partially Delivered | I request the release of information and with reference to Civil Service Job reference number 181314.Could you please respond to the following:When did the sift for the job take place. How many applicants were there in total. Of those applicants the number of from applicants outside of Zone D in the DVSA. The names of the officers that conducted the siftThe time the sift started and ended. Whether the officers conducting the sift were qualified to do so and when they completed their training for the recruitment process. Of the applicants that applied the number that were successful at the sift stage. A copy of the sift records relating to my application along with all notes taken digital or handwritten | 07/04/2022 | Not set |
| IA/00359/22 | All Information Delivered | Confirmation of all appointment slots that you have had available and all those that have been booked, cancelled, filled or not attendded in your Exeter, Bristol and Southampton test centres over the past 2 months. | 11/04/2022 | Not set |
| IA/00368/22 | Information Partially Delivered | 1. Please state how many practical motorcar driving tests have been carried out at the Eastbourne test centre in each of the following calendar years (2015 - 2021)? 2. How many of these tests were passed by the applicant and how many deemed to have failed. 3.How many of the candidates were male, and how many of them passed and how many candidates were female and how many passed. 4. In a normal time period (by which I mean when tests at the centre are now affected by Covid-19 restrictions) what is the average number of tests carried out at Eastbourne. 5. How many people have been on a list with a test booked to be taken at Eastbourne? If you hold this data monthly could you provide me with it for each of the last 36 months. | 12/04/2022 | Not set |
| IA/00445/22 | All Information Delivered | In 2021 from January to December, what were the top two reasons for failing a car driving test? What are the figures for how many tests were failed, due to these two reasons? | 20/04/2022 | Not set |
| IA/00401/22 | All Information Delivered | Could you provide the number of HGV MOT tests carried out per vehicle manufacturer by postcode in 2021? | 21/04/2022 | Not set |
| IA/00403/22 | All Information Delivered | the statistics for all MOT Annual Assessments - Classes 4 & 7 completed between 1st May 2021 and 31st May 2021 for all awarding bodies - including the IMI, Skills and Education Group and City & Guilds. Provide the statistics for all MOT Annual Assessments - Classes 1 & 2 completed between 1st May 2021 and 31st May 2021 for all awarding bodies - including the IMI, Skills and Education Group and City & Guilds | 21/04/2022 | Not set |
| IA/00424/22 | Information Partially Delivered | How Many adi Part 3 tests have been conducted at Grimsby Coldwater Test Centre since 1st October 2021. | 21/04/2022 | Not set |
| IA/00435/22 | All Information Delivered | How many Driving Examiners were absent from work during the period 1/2/22 to 28/2/22 with any covid related type of illness?How many Driving Examiners were absent from work during the period 1/3/22 to 31/3/22 with any covid related type of illness? | 21/04/2022 | Not set |
| IA/00400/22 | All Information Delivered | As of 31st March 2022, what is the average waiting time for a practical driving test for a car driver (category B)? - What was the average waiting time for a practical driving test for a car driver (Cat B) at the end of each month since March 2021? | 22/04/2022 | Not set |
| IA/00402/22 | Information Partially Delivered | For the year 2021, supply the following information for cars aged 3 years old and had their first MOT. 1) For each car manufacturer, how many MOTs took place. 2) How many vehicles, by manufacturer failed their MOT. 3) What were the reasons for failure. 4) Can you provide the same data requested in Q1, 2 and 3 by car manufacturer and model? | 22/04/2022 | Not set |
| IA/00430/22 | All Information Delivered | MOT tests relating to Class 4 Vehicles from January 2020 to January 2022 please. What category generated the greatest number of fails - i.e suspension, brakes, steering, tyres, emissions ect. Top reasons for MOT failure in this period. Which geographical area has the highest failure rate? Which geographical area has the highest Pass rate? Which geographical area has the highest failed dangerous rate? Which geographical area has the highest failure rate due to emissions? Which geographical area has the highest failure rate due to brakes? Which geographical area has the highest failure rate due to tyres? | 26/04/2022 | Not set |
| IA/00447/22 | Information Partially Delivered | 1. Pass quotas for car driving test centres This could be evidence suggesting that driving test centres, or driving examiners must fail a certain percentage of candidates. 2. Pass / fail ratios for test centres in the UK | 28/04/2022 | Not set |
| IA/00460/22 | All Information Delivered | How many mot testers where suspended on April 1st 2022 after not completing thete Annual assessments by the 31st match 2022 deadline ? | 28/04/2022 | Not set |
| IA/00423/22 | All Information Delivered | o The number of cases reported or investigated of cheating during driving theory tests and practical test in 2021 - 2017. If possible, please can this be split by: o A) theory/practical o B) by the method of cheating o C) broken down by month o The number of cases reported of someone impersonating someone at a driving test in 2021 - 2017. If possible, please can this be split by: o A) theory/practical o B) broken down by month. | 29/04/2022 | Not set |
| IA/00456/22 | All Information Delivered | The latest figures for the Takata airbag recall? I would like to know how many vehicles fitted with the affected Takata airbags remain to have a replacement unit fitted, in the UK. Confirm that the total number of vehicles affected by the recall is 3.43million, last reported in 2019? Or has that number increased since? | 29/04/2022 | Not set |
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