FOI release
DVSA FOI disclosure log, May 2022
Updated 31 March 2023
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| Record Ref No | Outcome of RFI | Summary | Completed Date | |
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| IA/00417/22 | All Information Delivered | Request information & reports on the closure of South Shields DTC" Decision Making Process " Business Model " Regional Impact Assessment " Feasibility". | 04/05/2022 15:25 | Not set |
| IA/00434/22 | Information Partially Delivered | 1. Day/time of the week that new car driving test slots are released. 2. Typical number of new car driving test slots released each week 3. Number of car driving test cancellations there have been in each of the last 6 weeks.4. Over the last 6 weeks, the average length of time that car driving test cancellations have remained available online before they have been re-booked.5. Over the last 6 weeks, the percentage of car driving test cancellations that have been re-booked by an instructor rather than directly by the candidate.6. Over the last 6 weeks, the percentage of car driving test cancellations that have been re-booked via a third party application. | 03/05/2022 12:49 | Not set |
| IA/00444/22 | All Information Delivered | How many people passed there vt8 demo test in the last 12 calender months | 09/05/2022 09:42 | Not set |
| IA/00454/22 | All Information Delivered | I aim to gather data that tells me that "In 2020, passenger vehicles between the ages of 10-15 drove a total of x million kilometers". Eurostat currently provides this information via the following link: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ROAD_TF_VEHAGE/default/table?lang=en&category=road.road_tf | 12/05/2022 10:36 | Not set |
| IA/00463/22 | Information Partially Delivered | 1. The annual running costs for Oswestry Driving Test Centre, Shropshire for the financial year 2018-2019 2. The running costs for Oswestry Driving Test Centre, Shropshire for one week in March 2022 3. The cost of two examiners to service the test centre for one week in 2022 4. The number of practical driving tests booked in 2021 to 2022 by a) bots b) ADI/PDIs c) students and d) driving schools/intensive centres 5. How many tests did not go ahead on the day between 1st March 2021 and 1st March 2022 (failed to attend, vehicle unsuitable, no insurance, no licence. weather etc.) 6. How many tests were cancelled late leaving the test time vacant between 1st March 2021 and 1st March 2022 7. How many tests were not run due to no cancellation notice, ie just fail to attend between 1st March 2021 and 1st March 2022 | 17/05/2022 09:29 | Not set |
| IA/00464/22 | All Information Delivered | Request on the driving theory test.1. Are you able to confirm the number of official question categories (I believe from reading online there are 14?)2. Can you please list the categories (e.g. Accidents, Alertness, Attitude, Documents etc...)3. Can you confirm the numbers per year for the last 10 years for those who have been caught cheating at the theory test4. Can you provide information on how they were cheating e.g. blue tooth head set | 04/05/2022 09:46 | Not set |
| IA/00465/22 | All Information Delivered | DVSA's Operator Compliance Rick Scoring (OCRS) bands, Blue (Earned Recognition operators), Green, Amber, Red and Grey. 1) Overall pass rate 2) First time pass rate 3) Pass rate including Pass after Rectification (PRS) 4) Fail rate And would request this information for the following periods a) 2019/20 b) 2020/21 c) 2021/22 | 06/05/2022 12:29 | Not set |
| IA/00467/22 | All Information Delivered | 1. From January 2021 to January 2022 how many people have passed their practical driving test?2. Of these new drivers, how many passed first time?3. What is the current average waiting time for a practical driving test in Shropshire?4. How does this compare to the years of 2017,2018,2019 and 2020?5. On average, how many lessons will a potential new driver need before they can put in for a practical test? | 06/05/2022 | Not set |
| IA/00474/22 | Information Partially Delivered | Supply number of driving tests conducted at Customer Test Site located at Old Station Road Middlesbrough TS6 6AD for the periods, November 2019 November 2021 February 2022. | 04/05/2022 11:34 | Not set |
| IA/00478/22 | All Information Delivered | Number of driving schools/instructors who you have barred from your booking system.Data to be broken down into the reason why they were dismissed: abuses of the booking system or other misconduct. Could I have this data broken down monthly, for the last three years. | 10/05/2022 15:51 | Not set |
| IA/00481/22 | All Information Delivered | 1. Job description of SE ( Supervising Examiners )2. Training Manual of Supervising Examiners | 13/05/2022 15:35 | Not set |
| IA/00482/22 | All Information Delivered | 1. Job description of ADI Enforcement Managers2. Training Manual of ADI Enforcement Managers | 13/05/2022 | Not set |
| IA/00489/22 | Information Partially Delivered | 1. In the 2020 calendar year how many cars had their FIRST MOT test and how many of these failed?2. Which ten make and models of cars which underwent their first MOT test in 2020 had the highest percentage of fails? 3. Please provide similar data for the ten makes and models of car which underwent their first MOT test in 2020 and had the smallest percentage of fails.4. If you have the data for 2021 I would like answers to the above three questions but for 2021 as well as 2020. | 23/05/2022 12:23 | Not set |
| IA/00492/22 | All Information Delivered | how many accidents there have been in this phase of MOD1s? | 06/05/2022 17:02 | Not set |
| IA/00518/22 | Information Partially Delivered | Information DVSA holds relating to the recent decision to add the Smart Fortwo to the list of cars that cannot be used in the driving test because they don't give the examiner all-round vision. | 18/05/2022 09:39 | Not set |
| IA/00521/22 | All Information Delivered | 1. Please provide percentage MoT pass rates, broken down by calendar year, from 1 January 2016 to present, for all cars first registered on 1 January 2013 or later, broken down by whether they are petrol, diesel, or pure electric. Please include number of cars within these powertrain categories for each year and powertrain type. (IE how many diesel/petrol/electric cars were tested in each year)2. If possible, please list the top five most common reasons for failure for each powertrain type (electric, petrol, diesel), broken down by calendar year, since 1 January 2016.3. Share with me the make and model of the five cars with the highest MoT pass rate, within this same timeframe, broken down by powertrain type (IE the five EVs with the highest pass rate, the five petrol cars with the highest pass rate, the five diesel cars with the highest pass rate).4. If possible, please share with me the make and model of the five cars with the lowest MoT pass rate, within this same timeframe, broken down by powertrain type (IE the five EVs with the lowest pass rate, the five petrol cars with the lowest pass rate, the five diesel cars with the lowest pass rate). | 18/05/2022 14:42 | Not set |
| IA/00530/22 | All Information Delivered | 1. The name(s) of the software system currently in use by the DVSA to automaticallycontrol driving and rest periods in relation to Regulation (EC) 561/2006 duringroadside controls.2. The name and or type of Time Manager program used by the above mentionedsoftware system.3. Confirmation whether the Software System uses a time measurement system basedon coordinated universal date and time (UTC) or Unix time. | 18/05/2022 09:49 | Not set |
| IA/00534/22 | No Information Delivered | Information regarding operator compliance / OCRS in the UK: " How many red operators are there on average over the last year?" How many company prosecutions have resulted in action against the nominated CPC holder of a company operators licence over the last year? | 10/05/2022 09:19 | Not set |
| IA/00538/22 | Information Partially Delivered | 1. Contract Reference -Unique reference number associated with the contract.2. Contract Title3. Procurement Category -Please state the category name of the contract, I wish to know the category the contract is under.4. Supplier Name5. Spend 6. Contract's Duration7. Contract's Extensions8. Contract's Start Date9. Contract's Expiry Date10. Contract Description 11. Contact Owner 12. CPV codes/Pro-Class Contract Data/API Contact Details1. Can you also provide me with contact details of the person responsible for the actual contract's register or someone responsible for API? At the very least provide me with their actual job title. IMPORTANT 1. If the organisation has a CRM system or a similar system, there should be a facility to download and extract contract data. 2. You may forward me a Weblink to a portal to download the contract register, please make sure all the organisation's contracts are provided as doing prior research I have found that most organisations have only uploaded a small portion of all their contracts. 3. For those organisations planning to make an exemption around spend, the spend information I have requested is an overall figure and I am not requesting a complete breakdown of services relating to the spend. | 19/05/2022 10:18 | Not set |
| IA/00540/22 | Information Partially Delivered | The total of practical car driving tests conducted annually for the most recent complete year in England, and each year for the last10 years prior; and for the same periods the number of examiners employed; the percentage pass rate. Also the total number of practical test centres for the same periods above. Lastly, the number of theory car tests conducted annually for the most recent complete year in England, and in each year for the last 10 years prior; and the percentage pass rate for each period. | 19/05/2022 10:24 | Not set |
| IA/00546/22 | All Information Delivered | Information on any procurement you have done between July 2021 and March 2022 in relation to Intel based laptops, desktops, workstations or tablets.For any contracts for the above devices, provide the following data points:" The contract start and end dates" The value of the contract, and how much has been spent to date" The name of the devices purchased" The volume of units purchased through the contract" The name of the CPU (central processing unit) of the devices?" The name of the processors purchased through the contract?" Which supplier is delivering the contract? | 18/05/2022 11:27 | Not set |
| IA/00560/22 | All Information Delivered | 1) total number of permanent staff employed by DVSA, broken down by Directorates.2) total number of permanent staff employed by DVSA who work part time broken down by Directorate. Include staff who are partially retired and staff working term time hours. | 19/05/2022 13:37 | Not set |
| IA/00566/22 | All Information Delivered | A breakdown of driving test examiners' marking sheet for how many learners failed their driving test by getting many minors (for example: "Reverse / Left reverse with trailer", "Signals" and "Awareness / planning").A breakdown of the driving test examiners' marking sheet for how many learners failed their driving test by getting a major (for example: "Reverse / Left reverse with trailer", "Signals" and "Awareness / planning"). | 26/05/2022 | Not set |
| IA/00567/22 | All Information Delivered | how many Module 2 tests didn't happen because Mod 1 tests were booked the same day for the last few years? | 25/05/2022 11:02 | Not set |
| IA/00570/22 | All Information Delivered | List of practical driving test centres in England, Scotland and Wales, including name, address, latitude and longitude, details of facilities available and the category of driving tests that can be taken at each centre. This is the dataset that sits behind the "find a driving test centre" tool, the link to which can be found here https://data.gov.uk/dataset/fe19beff-5716-4ca9-be58-027e56856b48/driving-test-centres | 20/05/2022 09:32 | Not set |
| IA/00572/22 | All Information Delivered | Request regarding MOTs. Provide the last 5 years of data on MOTs with a breakdown of the pass/fail status, what defects caused the fail, other advisories for the vehicle, the date of the test, the location of test centre and the age of the vehicle at the time of testing. | 27/05/2022 09:44 | Not set |
| IA/00577/22 | All Information Delivered | Whom the fitting of these red lights was approved by. Please include whom it was both in the DVSA and the Department for Transport plus any other bodies that agreed to the fitting and use such as Highways England and Police. And when this discussion was held and how the public was notified.The guidelines or laws under which made the fitting of rear alternating reds to DVSA enforcement vehicles appropriate and/or necessary. Alternating Rear reds are illegal on non-emergency vehicles, so please include where the law has been altered to include non-emergency vehicles or DVSA vehicles in particular. What training have DVSA provided to their staff for operating the rear red lights. What conditions have their staff been instructed to use rear red lights under. This should include all aspects that would trigger the use of rear red lights. | 27/05/2022 14:08 | Not set |
| IA/00595/22 | All Information Delivered | 1. Driving test pass/fail numbers and time of test, at the test centre 'Wedgnock House, Warwick' between the dates 1st January 2021 and 23rd May 2022 | 27/05/2022 14:14 | Not set |