FOI release
DVSA FOI disclosure log, September 2022
Updated 31 March 2023
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| Request reference | Request status | Request summary | Date the response was issued |
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| 2209-002862 | Fully successful | 15/09/2022 | data related to the waiting time for practical car tests. Specifically, please could the following be provided: • The average waiting time for a practical car test, • The number of people waiting for a practical car test, • Such data over time by month, from the earliest date available to the most current at the point of production. • If possible, such data split geographically – whether that be by centre, by area, by nation, or by other geographical unit • Please could such data be provided electronically, as a spreadsheet if possible. |
| 2209-002749 | Fully successful | 15/09/2022 | break down the data into individual years? Eg examiner 1 to 6 for the years, 2017, 2018, 2019,2020 and 2021 respectively. |
| 2209-002715 | Fully successful | 22/09/2022 | percentage of Class 3 & 4 vehicles (cars, vans and passenger vehicles with up to 12 seats) failed their initial MoT test in financial year 2021/22? 2. What were the 3 main defects for Class 3 & 4 vehicles (cars, vans and passenger vehicles with up to 12 seats) failing their initial MoT tests in 2021/22? And what were the percentage of these defects as compared to all defects? Thank you. (PS I do not understand why you only carry quarterly figures on your website. Surely it makes sense to total the figures to give a yearly one as you have done previously?) |
| 2209-003797 | Fully successful | 26/09/2022 | Could you explain why the test centres with the max. 24 week waiting time tends to show that loads of slots are free, please (specifically under 'Car')? How quickly does this information become outdated? |
| 2209-003336 | Fully successful | 27/09/2022 | a list of the individual amounts of compensation paid and what that payment covers for cancelled test for the period 1st January 2021 to June 2022 . |
| 2209-002719 | Fully successful | 27/09/2022 | information of the funding of the organisation: Is any Independant funding supplied by Automotive Manufacturers that may outside of Government funding? have their been any payments, donations by Belton Massey Limited (BM Catalysts) to help with DVSA Investigations into Emissions Products over the last 5 years? Catalytic Converters and Diesel Particulate Filters |
| 2209-002734 | Fully successful | 27/09/2022 | a copy of the question/answer banks for the LGV and PCV multiple choice and CPC Module 2 tests. |
| 2209-003886 | Fully successful | 29/09/2022 | Further to the changes to legislation on 21st May 2022, provide any data held relating to: 1) Number of international vehicle movements 2) Incompliance For vans or car and trailers over 2.5 tonnes to 3.5 tonnes on standard international goods vehicle operator licences issued to transport goods for hire or reward in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. |
| 2209-003894 | Fully successful | 29/09/2022 | how many standard international goods vehicle operator licences have been issued for vans or car and trailers over 2.5 tonnes to 3.5 tonnes to transport goods for hire or reward in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland following changes to legislation on 21st May 2022. |
| 2209-003158 | Fully successful | 03/10/2022 | I would like to request a copy of information held on your system about our company |
| 2209-003541 | Fully successful | 03/10/2022 | What action has DVSA taken against the driver, the trainer and approved centre for the driver unnecessarily repeating the same periodic training subjects within a rolling five-year period. By category, Driver, Trainer, Approved Centre over the last 18 months. |
| 2209-003743 | Fully successful | 03/10/2022 | relating to monies given to Stonewall. • What was the membership fee given to Stonewall as part of their Diversity Champions programme in 2021-22 by your organisation? • Is your organisation currently a member of Stonewall’s Diversity Champions programme? • What additional monies have been given to Stonewall in 2021-22? Specifically, this incorporates: o Events/conferences (where, for example, your organisation has purchased tickets to attend or entered raffles or auctions organised by Stonewall). Please name any events/conferences that your organisation attended and the date attended. o Other programmes (such as LGВТ Leadership programme, LGВТ Role Model programme, Ally and/or Trans Ally programmes, as well as Train the Trainer programmes). |
| 2209-003169 | Fully successful | 04/10/2022 | a dataset of a breakdown of the HGV Test Passes by category for each of the last 10 years. |
| 2209-003632 | Fully successful | 04/10/2022 | information in relation to DVSA's call-off contracts |
| 2209-003154 | Fully successful | 04/10/2022 | a) The number of roles in your association (expressed in numbers of FTE), that are mainly or exclusively focussed on issues of equality, diversity, or inclusivity. For example, this could include (amongst other guises) “EDI officers” or “diversity and inclusion project managers” but would not include general HR managers. b) Either a) the pay band of each of these roles, or b) the combined total salaries for these roles. Whichever measure is more in accordance with your data preferences. c) In the past 12 months the number of staff days across your organisation which have been committed to attending equality training programmes, whether internally run or with external consultants. (staff days = duration of the training programme multiplied by the number of staff in attendance for the course). d) The contractual cost of any consultants hired, in the past twelve months, to provide any external training or advice on issues of diversity, equality, or inclusivity. e) In the past twelve months, the number of staff days committed to attending conferences relating mainly or exclusively to matters of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. (duration of conference multiplied by the number of staff in attendance). f) The costs of attending these conferences. g) Membership costs the organisation pays for participation in equality charters such as the Stonewall Equality Champions, or Diversity and Inclusion Workplace champions. |
| 2209-003900 | Fully successful | 05/10/2022 | A 42-year-old man failing the theory test 157 times, A woman in her 30s failing the theory test 117 times A woman who passed her theory test on the 94 occasion. A 72-year-old man who passed his practical test on the 43 attempt, and A 47-year-old woman who has yet to practical pass her test despite 43 attempts. provide me with copies of any Freedom of Information Act response that makes any reference to any of these cases, before 9.1.21. |
| 2209-003753 | Fully successful | 05/10/2022 | how many complaints have been logged in relation to the Ford Focus 2018 Ecoboost relating to snapped wet belt on cars under 100,000 mileage. How many cases need to be put forward until a recall and free replacements are enforced |
| 2209-003789 | Fully successful | 05/10/2022 | information regarding number of automatic tests delivered nationally, yearly, historically for the last 5 years (or longer / whatever is available) split into automatics and manuals. |
| 2209-004223 | Fully successful | 05/10/2022 | the number of car driving tests that took place between July 2021 and March 2022? |
| 2209-003824 | Fully successful | 06/10/2022 | all Documents e.g. codes of conduct, Staff handbooks, training manuals etc held by DVSA which are issued to Driving Test Examiners. |
| 2209-004241 | Fully successful | 06/10/2022 | • How many reports have been made about illegal driving instructors per year in 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018, plus any location details logged as part of the report • How many driving instructors have been received a police caution or have been referred for prosecution per year in 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018, plus any location data • How many driving instructors have been convicted of practicing without being approved by the DVSA per year in 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018, plus any location data |
| 2209-003150 | Fully successful | 06/10/2022 | 1. Connectivity and Network Services a. Who provides your WAN and internet connectivity and the annual spend on each b. Who provides your SIP trunks and what is the annual spend c. Who provides your WAN services, is this MPLS, SD WAN or Internet, and what is the annual spend d. Who provides your LAN infrastructure and what is your annual spend e. Who provides your WIFI infrastructure and what is your annual spend f. the manufacturer(s) of your wired network core and edge switching? g. When was your core network installed? h. Has it been updated subsequently? i. Who maintains your core network? j. When is the contract renewal date? k. value of the initial project? l. the value of annual support/maintenance services (in £)? |
| 2209-003278 | Fully successful | 07/10/2022 | copy of the JAUPT Customer Satisfactory Survey 2022 report. |
| 2209-003735 | Fully successful | 07/10/2022 | How many delegated examiners have been trained each year. (2018,2019,2020,2021, & 2022) by discipline i.e. LGV / PCV? Please include what companies these Delegated Examiners work for. How many potential Delegated Examiners are currently on the waiting list for examiner training? When will training of Delegated Examiners re-start? Who makes the final decision to when re-training of delegated examiners starts? |
| 2209-003819 | Fully successful | 07/10/2022 | Procurement FOI with several question |
| 2209-004243 | Fully successful | 12/10/2022 | a full total of MOT's carried out in the UK, by month, for 2021 and 2022 (to date).set out as a monthly total of ALL MOT's recorded in the UK for the whole of 2021 and the year 2022 to date. |
| 2209-004180 | Incomplete | Not set | 1) I understand that the (JAUPT) PCV Register of Instructors was discussed with the Vocational Testing and Training Group (VTTAG): Please supply a copy of the notes/minutes of this discussion, together with the date of this discussion/meeting. 2) Information regarding this discussion (PCV Register) was issued to Stakeholders via email: Please supply a copy of this email and a list of the Stakeholders. 3) Please supply copies of the 'proposals' submitted following this email. 4) Please supply a list of the organisations in the VTTAG, together with the criteria set for the selection of this group which represents the vocational testing and training sector. |
| 2209-004334 | Incomplete | Not set | A Copy of Awarded contract Number: K280020560 |
| 2209-004190 | Incomplete | Not set | the FOI request and response for IA/00444/22 |
| 2209-004217 | Incomplete | Not set | 1. Does DVSA account for "home working" in its building emissions? 2. Does DVSA use use "telematics data" in measuring business travel? a. If not, what method (or methods - given DVSA's heavy use of rental vehicles (Enterprise Car Hire) - is used)? b. what degree of accuracy is 2.a expected to return as statistically reliable? |
| 2209-003725 | Incomplete | Not set | the overall percentage of driving tests involving four or more stop on the left manoeuvres and the percentage of driving tests involving four or more stop on the left manoeuvres broken down by testing centre |
| 2209-004181 | Incomplete | Not set | a copy of the Due Diligence and advice on JAUPT In-Sourcing report by PA Consulting Services Limited. |
| 2209-003903 | Incomplete | Not set | all the information to which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Up to the maximum permitted cost starting with information concerning MOT appeals and challenges |