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DVSA FOI disclosure log, March 2025

Updated 23 May 2025
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2502-067695 Successful This is an updated request in relation to tacograph manipulation – as a follow on from the data below. For 2023/24: 1. How many lorries in the UK were found with manipulated / falsified tacographs? How many were UK registered vehicles and how many were registered overseas? Within the cost limit – can you say which countries they were from? 2. What proportion of vehicles did that represent – how many roadside checks did you carry out on lorries during the years above? 3. How many fines were issued each year for the offences discovered in question 1? 04/03/2025
2502-067703 Successful I am making a freedom of information request further to your publication of Driving Test Centre Pass Rates in Sussex (period April to September 2024). I am looking for the pass rates for the individual centres and the national figures separated by those students who attend in an Approved Driving Instructor vehicle (licence number noted by the examiner) and then those who arrive in their own vehicles. My request relates to the following test centres Crawley Redhill Burgess Hill Hastings Eastbourne Worthing Chichester and also National figures if possible. If you are unable to provide the information for the individual test centres, please just provide the national figures. 03/03/2025
2502-067753 Successful I request that all the information shared between LEVC and the DVSA is supplied regarding the critical failure of the TXE panoramic roofs becoming detached. The first event was recoded in August 2019 whilst I was head of retail aftersales for LEVC and even after reporting the critical safety failure to LEVC senior management. LEVC gave evidence confirming that a Product Safety Recall was actioned under the DVSA guidelines. During my employment tribunal, however I believe this not to be the case and a service action was issued. If a Safety Recall was actioned then please confirm that this is registered on your website by chassis number as It currently does not show this action. In LEVS documents for submission they showed an email from LEVC to the DVSA, stating that their was only one event of the critical failure, however there were over 300 recorded over the next two years. I request that you supply me evidence of the safety recall investigation and the emails between LEVC and the DVSA as in one email they informed DVSA that there was only one recorded event, misleading your investigation and also misleading the tribunal court. 03/03/2025
2502-067863 Successful Waiting times (in weeks) for all individual Driving Test Centres that conduct category B (practical car) driving tests as of Monday, September 2nd 2024; Monday October 7th 2024; Monday November 4th 2024; Monday December 2nd 2024; Monday January 6th 2025 and Monday February 3rd 2025 (or the nearest date available). Please could the data be provided in an excel spreadsheet. 04/03/2025
2502-067868 Successful 1. The date that the DVSA first became aware of steering issues with any vehicle manufactured by Jaguar Land Rover Limited (JLR). The date that the DVSA became aware of any steering issue on any JLR vehicle as a result of the failure of the power steering motor or steering rack specifically on the F Pace model manufactured between 2016 and 2023 however please see my comment in respect of question 5 below. 2. The date that DVSA first raised any issue concerning steering racks with JLR. The date of the above. 3. The dates (if known) that JLR conducted their own investigation into storing rack faults. The date of the above if known 4. The dates of all meetings held between DVSA and JLR. The dates of all meetings with JLR in connection with item 1 above 5. The date that DVSA issued their notice advising JLR to recall Jaguar F Pace models to investigate steering rack issues. 6. The dates of any draft letters or meetings held with JLR to discuss the letter referred to previously. Again restricted to item 1 above 03/03/2025
2502-067948 Successful Under the Freedom of Information act, can you supply me with the staff costs/programme costs per year for 2023, 2024 and predicted costs for 2025, the DVSA have/are spending to counteract: • Driving Test scammers, • Driving Test Booking Computer Bots • Driving Test Booking Algorithms 06/03/2025
2502-068102 Successful The total number of candidates who took their can theory test at Bala test unit on 25.10.2024? The percentage of those candidates who passed both multiple choice questions or the hazard perception element of the test, i.e. a complete pass. How does the percentage of candidates who achieved a complete pass on the 25.10.24 compare to the average pass rate at Bala test unit? 03/03/2025
2502-068383 Successful Re practical driving test backlogs On average, what is the current wait time? And how many learners are waiting for tests? 06/03/2025
2502-068391 Successful could you supply the following information used to produce the above report published here https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vehicle-market-surveillance-unit-emissions-testing-results-2024/vehicle-market-surveillance-unit-results-of-the-2024-emissions-programme#contents 1 Were the same laboratory/company/person used to carry out these tests. 2 Provide all the test specifications 3 Provide information on the software used to analyse the data 4 Provide information on the equipment used to measure each individual vehicle 5 Provide the test methodology 6 Provide the rationale of why the are a different number of tests for the same test within the same category of vehicle, for example the Diesel Car Tests Test 1 for the Audi A4 and Land Rover Defender have a different number of tests the the test titles change at column BT in the data. Why are these changes made. Not just for these two vehicles but the same issue applies in ALL cases please explain why there are differences and how this is justified. 10/03/2025
2502-068395 Successful 1, How many driving instructors are currently shown on the DVSA Ordit (official register of driving instructor trainers) register? 2, Since 11th February 2021 how many DVSA Ordit assessments have taken place. 3, Since 11th February 2021 how many DVSA Ordit assessments have been successful by the candidate. 11/03/2025
2502-068578 Successful 1. The number of cars and vans stopped by police and/or the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) for dangerous and/or unsafe loads in each of the past five full years for which you have data. Please break down the data by month if possible and by type of vehicle. 2. A breakdown of this data by geographical location (i.e. by county, region, or police force area). 3. The number of charges or fines resulting from these stops. Note: If five years is too long a time frame and will put the request over the time limit specified by Section 12(1), please only do two years. 12/03/2025
2502-068740 Successful • The number of class 4 vehicles manufactured after 1 January 1984 and before 1 January 1994 which were given an MoT test on dates between and including 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024, and the pass rate for these tests • The number of class 4 vehicles manufactured after 1 January 1984 and before 1 January 1994 which were categorised as having a 'dangerous fault' during an MoT test between and including 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024 • The number of class 4 vehicles manufactured prior to 1 January 1984 which were given an MoT test on dates between and including 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024, and the pass rate for these tests • The number of class 4 vehicles manufactured prior to 1 January 1984 which were categorised as having a 'dangerous fault' during an MoT test between and including 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024 13/03/2025
2502-068856 Successful 1. The number of coaches (not buses) with 22 or more seats that have been issued a Public Service Vehicle Accessibility Regulations (PSVAR) certificate. 2. A breakdown of these figures by year for the past five years. 3. A breakdown of how many of these vehicles were newly manufactured and how many were retrofitted to meet PSVAR requirements. If any part of this request is unclear or exceeds the statutory cost limit, please let me know so I can refine the scope. 11/03/2025
2502-068953 Successful Please include the following information for each of the following financial years; 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24: • Total number of EDI staff employed for each financial year • A breakdown of the staff employed including: o The job titles o The pay band associated with each role 17/03/2025
2502-069018 Successful Please could you let me know the number of Driving Test Examiners employed by DVSA for car driving tests in Great Britain on the following dates: • December 31st 2018 • December 31st 2019. • December 31st 2020 • December 31st 2021 • December 31st 2022 Please could you give the overall headcount on each of these dates as well as FTE of your examiner pool. 14/03/2025
2502-069095 Successful Would you happen to have the current statistics for sexual or inappropriate behaviour complaints learners have made to the DVSA in 2024? Just so I have the latest up to date figures. Would you also happen to know what percentage of driving instructors are men across the UK? 14/03/2025
2502-069623 Successful This is an information request relating to the availability of driving tests, broken down geographically. Please include the following information: • The waiting times for each driving test centre that the DVSA is responsible for 27/03/2025
2503-070244 Successful At what times were the weekly tranches of new driving tests uploaded to the DVSA website on every Monday in February? 31/03/2025
2503-070282 Successful for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 financial years: 1. The total income your organisation received from the government in each year. 2. Your organisation’s total expenditure in each year. 3. Your organisation’s total staff headcount in each year. 4. The year in which your organisation was originally founded 31/03/2025
2503-070288 Successful how many other learner drivers have missed their test at the Croydon test site since 1st September 2024, and how many have logged a complaint about the communication of this change. 13/03/2025
2503-070416 Successful I want to make a freedom of information request: For Winchester Hampshire test centre, in the month of July 2025: 1. how many total test slots are available per week 2. how many test slots are booked through the driving school interface per week 3. how many test slots are booked through the individual user interface per week The request is for regular car tests. 27/03/2025
2503-071403 Successful I would request under the Freedom of information Act the number of missed tests due to being late has occurred since the site moved from Wilson Way Pool, Redruth. 31/03/2025
2502-067694 Partially successful For each of the following financial years: 2023/24 1. How many people were caught trying to cheat during their driving theory test? (theory test fraud) is it possible within the cost limit to name each county they were from? 2. How many people were caught trying to cheat during their practical driving test (practical test fraud) is it possible within the cost limit to name each county they were from? 3. How many cases (relating to questions 1 and 2) involved someone else impersonating the real driver who was scheduled to undertake a theory test / and a practical test? 4. How many people (relating to questions 1 and 2) were caught more than once trying to cheat on the theory test and how many were caught more than once attempting to cheat on the practical test? 5. In a single year, what is the highest number of times that a person was caught trying to cheat the theory test? In a single year, what is the highest number of times that a person was caught trying to cheat the practical test? 04/03/2025
2502-067898 Partially successful Please provide the following information for the financial years 2019-2024: 1. The total number of individuals who: A. Failed the HGV theory test. B. Failed the HGV practical test. 2. Breakdown of each figure by detailed ethnicity categories (e.g., Black African, Black Caribbean, Asian, Mixed). 05/03/2025
2502-068362 Partially successful 1. Whether the DVSA operates a system internally referred to as a “test grab” or any similar mechanism that withholds test slots from public availability for internal allocation. 2. The total number of practical driving test appointments currently stored internally and not released to the general public. 3. The process by which these internally held test slots are allocated, including whether they are prioritised for specific candidates, such as those affected by cancellations due to examiner unavailability. 4. The average number of test slots withheld per month over the past 12 months for internal DVSA use. 07/03/2025
2502-068406 Partially successful Re: the scheduled review of the B+E (car and trailer) driving test policy. In September 2021, the government announced the removal of the B+E driving test requirement, with an indication that this decision would be reviewed after three years, around November 2024. Has the DVSA conducted the planned review of the B+E driving test policy as of February 2025? If the review has been completed: What were the findings and conclusions of the review? Are there any planned changes to the current B+E driving test policy based on the review's outcomes? If the review has not yet been conducted: Is there a scheduled date for when the review will take place? What are the reasons for any delays in conducting the review? 11/03/2025
2502-068637 Partially successful Total number of Health & Safety 1 forms submitted to DVSA by car driving examiners, due to verbal abuse, actual physical abuse & attempted physical abuse for years: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025 to date 12/03/2025
2502-068958 Partially successful 1. How many employees identify with the following religions? Buddhism Christianity Hinduism Islam Judaism Sikhism 2. How many employees identify as atheists? 17/03/2025
2502-069019 Partially successful - 2023/2024 calender year, what was the most failed topic/category on the UK car theory test - 2023/2024 theory car test pass rate for my local test centre Sunderland, and the whole of the UK - car theory test, the top most common failed theory test answer in the 2023/2024 calender year. 17/03/2025
2502-069024 Partially successful 1. How many theory tests are currently booked for learners waiting to take a theory test? 2. You have the detail of learners that have passed the theory test, so A, of those who have passed the theory test, how many are actually booked in on the DVSA booking system to sit a practical driving test? And B, how many people are there currently in total who have passed the theory test but have not yet taken a practical test? 3. The overall number of practical tests booked in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024. 4. Of the years in item 3 how many passes and how many failures for each year? 5. If the information is available, of the tests conducted in the years in item 3, how many test in each year were conducted in driving school vehicles and how many were conducted in privately owned vehicles? 6. Of all the years in item 3 and the candidates that took practical driving tests, for each year, what were the number of attempts taken to pass the driving tests by those that were successful? 7. How many practical tests are currently on the booking system as of today? 8. And finally, currently, how many practical driving tests are available throughout the UK in one year? 14/03/2025
2502-069042 Partially successful At 6am this morning (17 Feb) there were 119 driving tests available between Mon 28 July and Friday 1 August for the test centre in Lee on Solent. I’d like to ascertain the following: - how many people were waiting in the queue for the tests to be released - how many people were active online when the tests were released - at what time did the 119 tests become unavailable (ie: all booked) - how many individual email addresses were used to book the tests - were there a multiple of tests linked to one bank account - were multiple tests booked in one transaction 17/03/2025
2502-069139 Partially successful Car pass rates from Jan 2023 to Dec 2024 based on the following criteria: Month and Day of the week, along with Gender 18/03/2025
2502-069170 Partially successful • How many test centres in the UK can carry out MOT tests for electric vans weighing more than 3.5t? • During the date range above, what has been the lead time for an electric van weighing more than 3.5t MOT test? • What is the current lead time for electric van weighing more than 3.5t MOT test? • How many MOT testers have been on certified training courses for electric vans weighing more than 3.5t? • How many electric vehicle only MOT test centres are there in the UK? Please provide ratio if there are van, hgv and car specific test centres. • How many electric vans weighing more than 3.5t have had a MOT carried out during the timeframe mentioned above? • How many electric vans weighing more than 3.5t have failed their MOT test? • For those electric vans weighing more than 3.5t what is the most common failure in an MOT test? • During the date range above, how many MOT test centres are no longer operating? • During the date range above, how many new MOT test centres have started operating? 19/03/2025
2502-069218 Partially successful 1. The total number of car learner tests conducted in the UK in 2020. 2. A breakdown of this total by each constituent country: • England • Scotland • Wales • Northern Ireland 3. For each country, please provide a further breakdown of: • The number of tests conducted for automatic transmission vehicles. • The number of tests conducted for manual transmission vehicles. 4. For all the above data, kindly provide both the absolute figures (total counts) and the percentage breakdown relative to the overall totals. 14/03/2025
2502-069307 Partially successful Please may I ask to know how many LRA's have been awarded to staff at Poole DTC this last calendar year. 18/03/2025
2502-069857 Partially successful top 3 reasons candidates fail their Driving tests in Sunderland Driving test centre for the year 1st January 2024 to 31st December 2024 please. Also, if possible the top 3 most noted Driving faults (not serious or dangerous, just Driving faults) for the year 1st January 2024 to 31st December 2024 for Sunderland Driving test centre. 27/03/2025
2502-069950 Partially successful under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to formally request the following data for the past 12 months concerning the Goodmayes, Barking, and Chingford test centres: 1. The percentage of pass rates at Goodmayes, Barking, and Chingford test centres. 2. The average age group of individuals who pass their driving test at these centres. 3. The number of candidates who take a practical re-test within two months of their initial fail date. 4. The percentage of candidates who fail a re-test taken within two months compared to those who take a re-test between six months and one year after failing. 5. A list of all driving instructors who have changed or amended their original test bookings for a candidate more than three times (without the candidate taking the test on the original date) in the past 24 months at Goodmayes Test Centre. 27/03/2025
2503-070121 Partially successful Is the Council’s payroll and HR services delivered in house or by a third party? If delivered by a third party, who provides this service? If delivered by a third party, when does the contract for the service expire? If delivered by the Council, which directorate does it sit in? The average number of people deployed in the payroll service (FTE) for 2024 to date, broken down into leadership, team management, frontline and support roles? Which system is used to manage the payroll service? Which key metrics are used to manage the performance of the payroll? What targets are in place for each of the key metrics used? How many payslips is processed per year? 27/03/2025