FOI release

DVSA FOI disclosure log, October 2024

Updated 7 November 2024
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2409-055499 Successful I want to make a Freedom of Information request, could you please send me the following information with regards to the organisation’s Mobile Phones contract. You may have received the same request in the past and this information sent has now expired and I require an update as soon as possible for the following information: If there is more than one provider, please split all the information including the annual average spend, number of connections, duration, contract dates and internal contact details. 1. Network Provider(s) - Please provide me with the network provider name e.g., EE, Telefonica, Vodafone, Three 2. Annual Average Spend for each Network Provider - If this is a new contract, can you please provide the estimated annual spend. 3. Number of Connections- Number of connections for each network provider. (Number of voices only devices, voice and data devices, data only devices) please provide me with the breakdown and not the overall total. 4. Duration of the contract- please state if the contract also includes contract extensions for each provider. 5. Contract Start Date- please can you provide me with the start date of the signed agreement. Please do not provide me with the framework contract date I require the contract dates of the signed agreement. (if there are multiple start dates, could you please provide me with the earliest date for each provider) 6. Contract Expiry Date- please can you provide me with the expiry date of the signed agreement. Please do not provide me with the framework contract date. I require the contract dates of the signed agreement. If the contract is rolling, please state. 7. Contract Review Date- Please can you provide me with a date when the organisation plans to review this contract. 8. The person in the organisation responsible for this particular contract. Can you send me the full contact details Contact Name, Job Title, Contact Number and direct email address for each network provider? If full conta 02/10/2024
2409-055688 Successful I would like to request the following information for the last five calendar years (or the most recent five years for which data is available): Annual MOT Failure Rate: A yearly breakdown of the number of vehicles that failed their MOT test, including the total number of tests carried out each year. Reasons for MOT Failures: A breakdown of the most common reasons for MOT failures in each of the past five years. Please categorize the failures (e.g., lighting and signalling, brakes, suspension, tyres, exhaust emissions, etc.). Vehicle Categories: A breakdown of the MOT failure rate by vehicle category (e.g., passenger cars, vans, motorcycles, etc.). Pass and Fail Rates by Region: A breakdown of the MOT pass and failure rates by region in the UK for each year. Re-test Pass Rate: A yearly breakdown of the number of re-tests that resulted in a pass after initial failure, including the percentage of failed vehicles that subsequently passed a re-test. I would prefer to receive this information electronically via email. Please provide the data in an accessible spreadsheet format (e.g., CSV or Excel which can be downloaded) where applicable 03/10/2024
2409-056137 Successful Could I please request a FOI for an up to date version of your previously released DCPC stats dating back to 2012? This includes volumes of hours delivered by the top 10 companies and who the companies are without naming which statistic relates to whom. Here is the link - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/top-10-providers-of-driver-cpc-training#:~:text=Ref:%20ia0048612PDF,%2018.4 03/10/2024
2409-056505 Successful https://www.gov.uk/find-mot-test-centre-hgv-bus-trailer I was trying to find all address details for all HGV test stations within the UK as a dataset please, Ive been using the API service for MOT pass/ fails and was hoping to get the locations to go with these. 09/10/2024
2409-056556 Successful Can you please give me the cancellation figures per month for Grangemouth driving test centre for the period 1st September 2023 till 1st September 2024. Address- Unit 7 Grangemouth Business Centre, 3 Roseland Hall, Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, FK3 8WJ For comparison could you also give me the cancellation figures for the same period for the next nearest test centre to Grangemouth which is Stirling driving test centre. Address- Government Buildings, 2 St Ninians Road, Stirling, FK8 2HF For the purpose of further comparison could you please supply the figures for the 5 test centres in the UK with the LOWEST cancelations. For clarity I refer to tests cancelled by DVSA as opposed to candidate cancellations. 10/10/2024
2409-056645 Successful How many driving tests have been lost due to driving examiner industrial action in: 2022; and 2023 16/10/2024
2409-057104 Successful 1. The number and percentage of cars that passed their MOT first time in the 2023 calendar year, broken down by local authority. 2. The number and percentage of cars that passed their MOT first time in the 2023 calendar year, broken down by make and generic model name. 22/10/2024
2409-057153 Successful how many Class 4 & 5 MOT’s we’re undertaken in 2021, 2022 & 2023 by month, and of these how many received ADVISORY notices, or FAILURES in relation to defects pertaining to ‘Springs’ listed under section 5.3.1 (a), (b), (c) or (d) 02/10/2024
2410-057522 Successful In a previous FoI response [ref: IA/00150/12] you provided details on the number of serious and dangerous faults observed on car tests broken down by male and female candidates for 2010 and 2011. Could you provide me with a similar table (preferably in Excel format) for 2023? 1. For the (i) 2023 calendar year could you provide me with a table in relation to candidates who took the car practical test and made ten or more serious or dangerous faults. Please break the table down for men and women and who how many made 10, 11, 12, 13 etc. serious or dangerous faults. For the individual who made the most serious or dangerous faults please list how many of each type of serious or dangerous fault they made. 25/10/2024
2410-057721 Successful practical driving test pass rates data for all available DTCs in the UK, covering… 1. The average pass rate by month 2. The average pass rate by week (if available i.e. week 1, 1st-7th January etc) 3. The average pass rate by day of the week (Mon-Sun, or whatever days the DTCs operate) 4. The average pass rate by hour (8am to 8pm, or whatever times the DTCs operate) Ideally this data would cover a 12-month period, up to the latest available point in time 23/10/2024
2410-057725 Successful I would like to request the latest available data on practical and theory driving test waiting times for each UK test centre please. Ideally this data would be supplied in an Excel format please. Ideally the data for theory tests and practical tests, would be covered on separate tabs of the Excel document. 23/10/2024
2410-059143 Successful Please can you provide the total number of male and female registered Approved Driving Instructors who fall into the following age ranges: 21 - 30 31 - 40 41 - 50 51 - 60 61 - 70 71+ 23/10/2024
2409-056700 Partially successful I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details in respect to the contract below. Information Technology Solution Service: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8ae1867b-e110-410f-b4e1-c9c9d467d1d8 The details we require are: • What are the contractual performance KPI's for this contract? • Suppliers who applied for inclusion on each framework/contract and were successful & not successful at the PQQ & ITT stages • Actual spend on this contract/framework (and any sub lots), from the start of the contract to the current date • Start date & duration of framework/contract? • Could you please provide a copy of the service/product specification given to all bidders for when this contract was last advertised? • Is there an extension clause in the framework(s)/contract(s) and, if so, the duration of the extension? • Has a decision been made yet on whether the framework(s)/contract(s) are being either extended or renewed? • Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for this contract? 17/10/2024
2410-057520 Partially successful the current waiting time for tests at each of your test centres - the waiting time for tests at each of your test centres at end of February 2024 - the number of full time examiners per test centre now and in February 2024 - the number of part time examiners per test centre now and in February 2024 in FTE - the pass rate at each test centre now and in February 2024 (over any reasonable time period you have easy access to in you MIS) - the pass rate by examiner at Chelmsford now now and in 2023 (over any reasonable time period) where examiners are not identified but represented by anonymised notation - the number of tests you believe have been booked by apps / bots / systems other than candidates logging and booking their own tests in 2023 and 2024 I assume all of this information is readily available in your MIS and therefore simple to extract. 29/10/2024
2410-058023 Partially successful How many ADI part 3 tests have been carried out this year (2024) at the Herne Bay test centre in Kent? 25/10/2024