FOI release
DVSA FOI disclosure log, June 2023
Updated 28 March 2024
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| Request reference | Request status | Request summary | Date the response was issued |
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| 2304-018013 | Partially successful | any reports or statistics that the DVSA holds about bots, apps and other private cancelation services that are grabbing DVSA driving tests, and assessments of how much they are contributing to difficulties for learner drivers in terms of availability and price. | 14/06/2023 |
| 2305-018326 | Partially successful | 1. Breakdown of DVSA organisations grade structure as at April 2020, April 2021 and April 2022. For each year giving the number of staff at each Civil Service Grade ie the numbers of Senior Civil Service PB4, PB3, PB2, PB1, Grade 6, Grade 7, SEO, HEO, EO, AO and AA and equivalents. 2. Details of any changes to DVSA responsibilities/deliverables/scope of work from April 2020 to April 2022. | 07/06/2023 |
| 2305-018333 | Successful | 1 how many applicants were awaiting a driving test at the end of the 2022/23 financial year? 2. In the most recent financial year 2022/23, how many additional tests were carried out thanks to the “leave buy back for examiners” scheme? 3. In the most recent financial year 2022/23, how many additional tests were carried out thanks to overtime, weekend and public holiday testing? 4. In the most recent financial year 2022/23, how many additional tests were carried out by those who do not normally conduct tests as part of their day job or recently retired examiners who were invited back? 5. In the most recent financial year 2022/23, please specify how much money was spent on the measures in question 2-4? 6. Do you have a target to process a certain percentage of driving test applications within a certain amount of working days? 7. If so, what percentage of driving test applications were processed within this target in the most recent financial year 2022/23? 8. What percentage of call handling times have been answered within 30 seconds in the most recent financial year 2022/23? 9. On 28 April 2023, please specify how many DVSA staff were: working from home; on paid leave; on strike; or working on site? | 13/06/2023 |
| 2305-018536 | Partially successful | how many driving tests in Shetland had to be cancelled due to bad weather in the last year years? Break this down by year. the average waiting time for a driving test and a theory test in Shetland over the last five years? Please break this down by month and year. the pass rates for driving and theory tests in Shetland over the last five years? Please break this down by gender, year, and type of test. the number of drivers with more than 12 points on their licence in Shetland over the last five years? Break this down by gender and year if possible. | 01/06/2023 |
| 2305-018762 | Partially successful | How many driving test centres have been closed over the last 30 years and dates closed? | 15/06/2023 |
| 2305-019048 | Successful | * Since the new defect categories (dangerous, major and minor) came into force in May 2018 - could you give me the total number of cars that have passed and failed. And of those cars that have failed - how many had 'dangerous' problems and how many had 'major' problems? Also, how many cars had 'minor' problems and 'minor' categories (My understanding is that a car fails if it has dangerous or major problems. Is that correct.. while minor is an advisory and the car still passes) could you break the above data down by month - from May 2018 to April 2023 break the above data down by make/model of car, so I can see which makes/models have failed since May 2018 - and how many failed with 'dangerous' and 'major' problems. | 08/06/2023 |
| 2305-019343 | Successful | . For the time period between 01/01/23 and 31/04/23, the average wait (broken down per month) callers to the 0300 200 1122 DVSA customer service helpline, which operates between 8am and 4pm Monday-Friday, had to endure until speaking to a human operator What was the longest time someone had to wait to speak to a human operator over this period? How many calls did the customer service helpline receive over this period? How many members of staff - both full and part time - were operating the customer service helpline? | 09/06/2023 |
| 2305-019349 | Partially successful | Hello, I am looking for following information in my council area with respect to Garages doing MOT test. Council Area = Fife 1. How many Garages are ranked as Satisfactory, Unsatisfactory (Green, Red or Amber) in my Council area. 2. How many of these garages (Ref 1) are located in Dunfermline (Ky 12- Postcode) 3. Would it be possible to share their business name, so that I can avoid going to them. Thankyou | 06/06/2023 |
| 2305-019489 | Partially successful | for each of these test centres looking at the period january 1st 2023 to current time 20203 Colchester Basildon Tilbury Southend Chelmsford How many vehicle driving tests are taken each month, per test centre listed above How many examiners are at each centre as of today, and how many were there six months ago based on FTE posts. This information is requested per test centre so I can see how it serves the population for each How many cancellations are released each month for each test centre What is being done at Basildon to address the huge deficit in demand / capacity as there has been nothing released for weeks | 01/06/2023 |
| 2305-019562 | Partially successful | • How many learner drivers have failed their practical driving test due to not correctly reading a number plate on a parked vehicle over the past five years • How many learner drivers have failed their practical driving test due to not correctly reading a number plate on a parked vehicle, by year for five years • How many learner drivers have failed their practical driving test due to not correctly reading a number plate on a parked vehicle, by location by year • How many learner drivers have failed their practical driving test due to not correctly reading a number plate on a parked vehicle, by gender by year | 14/06/2023 |
| 2305-019605 | Successful | latest 3 year fiqures held for Car Mot Appeals Successful by inspectors examiners UK wide due to at least one error by the vehicle MOT Tester | 13/06/2023 |
| 2305-019670 | Successful | the latest figures for the total number of cars on UK roads with more than 250,000, 400,000, 500,000 and 750,000 miles on the clock have a table showing the top 10 cars by make/model that have more than 250,000, 400,000, 500,000 and 750,000 miles on the clock - and the numbers of each. 3/ How many Teslas on UK roads have over 100,000, 200,000, 300,000 miles (if any) on the clock? provide info on the Tesla with the most miles on the clock? Model and number of miles is fine. | 08/06/2023 |
| 2305-019672 | Partially successful | • How many VOSA checkpoints were active by year for the following years 2017, 2018,2019,2020,2021,2022 and 2023 to date. • Also, by the years above can you present the annual budget assigned to operate VOSA checkpoints. | 13/06/2023 |
| 2305-019917 | Successful | the figures regards MOT faliure rates for number plate defects and also drivers window tints. If I could have them for the last five years listed seperatly that would be great. Also can I have a numerical figure rather than a percentage of faliures please.... So say last year X amount of vehicles failed for excessively tinted drivers windows and X amount failed foe VRM plate defects. | 07/06/2023 |
| 2305-019918 | Partially successful | how many staff employed in DVSA are on a flexible working hours contract? 1. How many staff are on partial retirement yet still work for DVSA and what business area and geographical area are they based for work? 2. How many staff are on a part time contracts and what business area and geographical area are they based for work? 3 How many staff applied for part time work as part of a job share and what business area and geographical area are they based for work? 3. How many staff have a term time contract that allows them to have the school holidays off and what business area and geographical area are they based for work? 4. How many requests for flexible working have been applied for in the last 24 months? 5. Of the requests for flexible working how many have been declined and for what reasons? | 07/06/2023 |
| 2305-019920 | Successful | driving test annual pass rate data from 1950 until 2014 . the data requested relates to the DSA (driving standards agency ). only annual test rate pass data is required . | 08/06/2023 |
| 2305-020112 | Partially successful | Total Number of ADI's invited to take a Standards Check Total Number of Standards Checks completed Total Number of Standards Checks passed at first attempt Total Number of Standards Checks passed at second attempt Total Number of Standards Checks passed at third attempt Total Number of Standards Checks failed at third attempt | 16/06/2023 |
| 2305-020132 | Partially successful | the amount of car driving tests booked in for the rest of 2023 as of 23/05/23? Could you please break this down by day? Like the following: Date Number of driving tests (car) booked across the UK 01/06/23 10,000 supply me with data on demand - so how many practical car driving tests were booked through the DVSA per week over 2022 and if possible for 2023 to the present week? | 09/06/2023 |
| 2305-020153 | Successful | the number of ADI Part 2 tests which resulted in a 0 fault pass per test centre, per year, per gender if possible, from 2010 to current year. | 13/06/2023 |
| 2305-020187 | Partially successful | Decibel limit for motorcycles | 22/06/2023 |
| 2305-020571 | Successful | Could you also provide me with the number of free slots for each driving test centre | 23/06/2023 |
| 2305-020582 | Successful | . Please confirm if and when any appointments have been released for the Hither Green, Sidcup and Bromley branch, since the 4th May 2023 to-date? For each Practical test centre mentioned (Hither Green/Sidcup/Bromley) please clarify: 1. Between 4th May 2023 - 31st May 2023, has there been any 'new available test dates' released on the DVSA website, for the public to book? 2. Between 4th May 2023- 31st MAY 2023 what date/s were the new test dates released, for each test centre? 2. Between 4th May 2023 - 31st May 2023 how many new available test dates were 'released' per test centre? 3. Between 4th May 2023 - 31st May 2023, what were the new available test dates that became available? Please provide a list (if applicable) of the date/s new test dates were released, for each test centre, and provide the dates of the available appointments. e.g. On 24th May 2023, Hither test centre released 4 days of tests, for week commencing 5th June 2023, 6th June at 11.11am, 6th June at 13:09pm etc. | 21/06/2023 |
| 2305-020585 | Successful | Can you please tell me how many Local Driving Test Managers currently in role who are not on a full time contract? ie less than 37 hours per week. | 07/06/2023 |
| 2306-020670 | Successful | Freedom of Information request in respect of the Morgan Plus 6 CX motor vehicle from 2019 to date. • How many concerns/complaints have been raised with the DVSA as regards this model of vehicle by Morgan customers or others? • If concerns/complaints have been raised, what was the nature of those concerns/complaints? • How many accidents involving this model of vehicle have been reported? • If there has been reported accidents, what were the nature of these accidents? • Does the DVSA hold any information in respect of injuries/fatalities resulting from accidents involving this model of vehicle? • What information does the DVSA hold with regards to campaigns and recall notices in respect of this model of vehicle? | 08/06/2023 |
| 2306-020904 | Successful | Please can you provide details of: 1. Any vehicles inspected (service buses, school buses and private hire vehicles). 2. Any faults identified and their severity. 3. Details on the OCR score for any operators stopped and inspected. 4. Any enforcement action taken by DVSA either immediate or for future inspection/enforcement as a result of this inspection. | 23/06/2023 |
| 2306-021003 | Successful | Please provide me with statistics showing the number of driving tests booked through driving test instructors/agencies vs driving tests booked by individual learners for the last 4 years | 30/06/2023 |
| 2306-021105 | Partially successful | for the Wolverhampton test centre: A)For the period January – February 2020 1. Total Number of tests taken by ethnicity 2. Breakdown of passes by ethnicity 3. Breakdown of fails by ethnicity B)For the period April – June 2021 1. Total Number of tests taken by ethnicity 2. Breakdown of passes by ethnicity 3. Breakdown of fails by ethnicity | 28/06/2023 |
| 2306-021136 | Successful | Questions relating to the VMSU report re Fiat and Suzuki | 30/06/2023 |
| 2306-021815 | Successful | data on the accident rate for provisional licence holder and the accident rate of new drivers within the first 2 years of getting their licence. I would like this information from as far back as possible to the most recent 2022. I would like digital copy of this information please. | 30/06/2023 |
| 2306-021827 | Successful | Please can you provide me with information held relating to the following. I have been informed by a local driving instructor that the DVLA examiners testing car drivers are no longer directing test candidates into Langley Road, Oak Hill Crescent, South Bank or to turn down Browns Road from the Ewell Road in Surbiton, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, in the event that the candidate misses the turn up Kingsdowne Road from the Ewell Road. Please provide any local policies, procedures, standing instructions and formal or informal guidance given to car and motorcycle test examiners about the use of these junctions and candidates crossing the cycleway(s) and Side Road Entry Treatment (SRET) raised table tops. For clarity the junctions concerned are as follows. • Ewell Road turning into Langley Road also out of Langley Road into Ewell Road • Ewell Road turning into Oak Hill Crescent also out of Oak Hill Crescent into Ewell Road • Ewell Road turning into South Bank also out of South Bank into Ewell Road • Ewell Road turning into Browns Road also out of Browns Road into the Ewell Road | 30/06/2023 |
| 2306-022054 | Successful | how many complaints you’ve received about driving test examiners employed at DVSA Ashford, Kent Test Centre during the current and previous 5years. I’d especially like to know the breakdown of these complaints, i.e. how many complaints were made about each individual examiner. Finally, I’d like to know how many of these complaints were Successful. | 30/06/2023 |