FOI release
DVSA FOI disclosure log, July 2025
Updated 23 January 2026
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| Request reference | Request status | Request summary | Date the response was issued |
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| 2506-078562 | Successful | For your driving examiner staff (including motorcycle driving examiners) working across Ashford (Kent) Canterbury Folkestone Gillingham Herne Bay Maidstone Sevenoaks Tunbridge Wells Burgess Hill Chichester Crawley Lancing Hastings Eastbourne Ashford (London Middlesex) Chertsey Guildford Redhill aerodrome How many cases of verbal abuse was recorded? How many attempted physical assaults were recorded? How many physical assaults were recorded? | 02/07/2025 |
| 2506-078802 | Successful | 1. The number of cars and vans stopped by police and/or the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) for any driving offence in the most recent full calendar year for which data is available. 2. A breakdown of this data by geographical location. 3. The number of charges, fines, or penalty notices issued as a result of these stops | 04/07/2025 |
| 2506-078897 | Successful | For 20 Feb • How many driving examiners were meant to work at Mill Hill? • How many actually came in? • How many tests were booked for that day? • How many were cancelled ? | 02/07/2025 |
| 2506-079208 | Successful | How many examiners were employed by the dvsa at the end of 2018 and how many there are today | 09/07/2025 |
| 2506-079600 | Successful | Most recent average waiting times for driving tests at all test centres in Great Britain. | 10/07/2025 |
| 2506-079633 | Successful | MOT tests - passes and fails - full 2024 and 2025 data up to most current month. | 14/07/2025 |
| 2506-079732 | Successful | The number of examiners from Kent Surrey and Sussex who have left the job since December 2024. • How many examiners in each of the counties noted have left their job, quit, or retired since your announcement in December. | 14/07/2025 |
| 2506-080312 | Successful | Query relating to an operator. Has the dvsa ever put the operator in front of a public enquiry. Has the dvsa ever given the operator prohibition. When did the dvsa do away with the weight limit of minbuses. | 14/07/2025 |
| 2506-080455 | Successful | A breakdown of the top 10 most common reasons why cars failed their MOT tests in 2024 or (if data for the year is not readily available) 2023. | 14/07/2025 |
| 2506-080461 | Successful | Driving Instructor Recruitment (From December 2024 Onwards): • The number of individuals recruited each month as trainee driving instructors (i.e., who entered the process to become an Approved Driving Instructor) from December 2023 to the most recent month available. • Of those monthly recruits, how many have completed their training and qualified as Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs) and are currently working in the industry. | 23/07/2025 |
| 2506-080621 | Successful | For the last five calendar years • Annual MOT Failure Rate by Region: 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 by Region: 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.). • Fail Rates by Region: A breakdown of the MOT pass and failure rates by region in the UK for each year. • Pass and Re-test Pass Rate by Region: 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. | 24/07/2025 |
| 2507-081035 | Successful | For the year to 31-Mar-25 for all sites within your control, we please require the below to be disclosed: 1. Organisation Name: 2. Your grid Electricity kwh’s consumed & the £-value spent excl-vat? 3. The natural Gas kwh’s consumed & the £-value spent excl-vat? 4. Please do also indicate if the electricity is classed as or % from renewable sources or traditional Brown? | 25/07/2025 |
| 2507-081104 | Successful | The pot hole is directly outside of the Featherstone Test Centre. I would like to know the following: Have any invidulators reported the damage and if so please provide a time and date and to who. | 28/07/2025 |
| 2507-081110 | Successful | In the 24 month period between August 2021 and July 2023 how much did the DVSA pay to staff for performing additional driving tests over and above their contracted hours by way of incentive payments. This figure should be for incentive payments only and not include plain rate overtime. | 18/07/2025 |
| 2507-081677 | Successful | Data about the number of prosecutions brought each year since 2020 for breach of each of Regulations 54, 55, 55A and 57 of The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986. | 18/07/2025 |
| 2507-082344 | Successful | Range Rover 12-volt auxiliary battery failure and its effect on the brake assist system - The investigation report, conclusions, and/or closure statement regarding the brake assist, regenerative braking, auxiliary battery fault (including delays in braking response and lack of warning), confirm: 1. Whether there has been a historic investigation covering this topic that is now complete? 2. Whether there is an ongoing investigation covering this topic? 3. Whether the Range Rover Sport P400e 2018-2022 is explicitly / implicitly covered by the investigation? | 25/07/2025 |
| 2507-082541 | Partially successful | Since January 2020, how many people have reported a problem with the bmw mini digital cluster commonly know as the speedometer. Problems including failure, not working, turning off, over heating. etc. All bmw mini variants manufactured from January 2020 onwards. | 22/07/2025 |
| 2505-076376 | Partially successful | Multiple questions regarding a motorbike. | 08/07/2025 |
| 2506-078563 | Partially successful | All board meetings over the past 24 months. Please also include briefing papers that pertain to agenda items. | 15/07/2025 |
| 2506-078707 | Partially successful | Data for the past five years, including: The total number of people who have had their ADI registration suspended each year from 2021 to 2025 (most current available data).The reasons for the suspension of these instructors, as categorised by the DVSA. The total number of people who have been taken off the ADI register each year from 2021 to 2025 (most current available data).The reasons they have been taken off the register, as categorised by the DVSA. | 02/07/2025 |
| 2506-079151 | Partially successful | Contractual performance KPI's for a 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? | 16/07/2025 |
| 2506-079202 | Partially successful | How many people failed to attend their driving test and was marked under – Failed To Attend (FTA) | 08/07/2025 |
| 2506-079311 | Partially successful | How many deaf people apply for their driving theory test every year. | 14/07/2025 |
| 2506-079599 | Partially successful | The pass rates for each individual driving examiner at the Taunton Driving Test Centre for the period Jun 24-Jun 25. | 10/07/2025 |
| 2506-079764 | Partially successful | 1. Contract Register Please provide a complete and current extract of your organisation’s contract register or equivalent database. Where available, we are particularly interested in the following fields (though this is not a strict requirement): • Contract Title • Supplier Name • Estimated Spend (Total or Annual) • Contract Duration and Total Period (including extensions) • Contract Start and Expiry Dates • Review Date • Contract Description • Contract Owner (Name, Job Title, Contact Details if available) • Contract Notes • Managing Department • Award Date • Participating Organisations • Procurement Category • Framework or Tender References • Central Purchasing Body • Classification Codes (CPV, Pro-Class, etc.) 2. Total Number of Active Contracts Please confirm the total number of contracts currently listed as active. 3. Procurement Strategy (2025/2026) Please provide your organisation’s Procurement Strategy for 2025/2026. • If this is part of a multi-year strategy (e.g., 2024–2028), please provide the most recent version covering 2025/2026 or indicate when this will be available. • If any parts are redacted, please identify the redacted sections and the reason. 4. Contact Information If possible, please provide the name, job title, phone number, and email address for the following roles: • Responsible officer for API access or data sharing (if applicable) • Individual managing the contract register • Finance Director • Head/Director of Procu | 21/07/2025 |
| 2506-079855 | Partially successful | Information Rhyl and Bangor Test Centres: • Current number of examiners located at the above test centres • Whether there are Full time or part time - The ideal number required. So far this year (starting January 2025) how many tests have been cancelled/rescheduled by DVSA and categories the reason why out of them tests display notice given to candidates in the below categories • less that 7 days • more than 7 but less than 14 • more than 14 but less than 21 • more than 21 but less than 28 • more than 28 How many tests have had • No show by candidates • Booking not sold Since the introduction of the 10 day cancellation change • How many times have DVSA cancelled a test giving less than 10 days notice • How many times have a candidate cancelled a test giving less than 10 day notice | 14/07/2025 |
| 2506-079874 | Partially successful | Q1. The ranked list of the most common MOT test failure reasons, for each year from 1 January 2022 to the most recent complete year available (ideally 2024). Q2. For each failure reason and year, please provide: The number of failures recorded What percentage of the total tests that represents If feasible, break the data down by vehicle type (e.g., car, motorcycle, van). Q3. Can you provide a monthly breakdown of MOT failures to show which time of year sees the most failures? Q4. Can you provide MOT pass and fail rates broken down by region for each year from 2022 to 2024? | 16/07/2025 |
| 2506-079936 | Partially successful | The number of reported cases of driver fraud annually from 2015 to present day in financial years. | 14/07/2025 |
| 2506-080263 | Partially successful | 1. The total number of practical car driving tests which were available to book at the following driving test centres: o Yeovil o Dorchester o Taunton o Trowbridge Please provide the data for the following periods: • 1 January 2021 – 31 July 2021 • 1 January 2023 – 31 July 2023 • 1 January 2025 – present (please provide the most recent available figures, broken down monthly if possible) 1 June, 2025 – present (broken down daily) | 14/07/2025 |
| 2506-080445 | Partially successful | How many people are currently waiting to take their ADI part 2 test at the Sidcup test centre and how many ADI part 2 tests are current done per week there. Same information for the Folkestone test centre. | 02/07/2025 |
| 2506-080574 | Partially successful | Recall information 1. The investigation report, conclusions, and/or closure statement regarding the brake assist, regenerative braking, auxiliary battery fault (including delays in braking response and lack of warning). 2. Correspondence between DVSA and the manufacturer regarding this defect. 3. The technical rationale for not issuing a recall, despite acknowledging the issue. 4. Any internal DVSA safety risk assessments or type-approval compliance evaluations under UN ECE Regulation No. 13-H, specifically if it was tested that: A. Whether the brake system provided the driver with a timely and appropriate red optical warning, as required under paragraphs 5.2.14.1 and 5.2.21.1 of R13-H, when the auxiliary braking system or brake assist functionality failed due to auxiliary battery failure B. Whether the DVSA concluded that the absence of such a warning (if confirmed) represented non-compliance with the regulation’s safety provisions; C. What the agency’s findings were regarding the vehicle’s behavior in scenarios where braking performance was temporarily reduced to “secondary braking” levels without advance warning to the driver, and where there is not a smooth and controlled transition between the systems, if is also considered non-compliance | 16/07/2025 |
| 2506-080584 | Partially successful | • How many people are currently waiting to take their ADI part 2 test at Northampton and how many ADI part 2 tests are currently done a week at Northampton. • Current average waiting time for a part 2 ADI test at Northampton. | 02/07/2025 |
| 2507-081310 | Partially successful | Contract data on Mobile, Voice & Data services currently in place at DVSA | 31/07/2025 |
| 2507-081409 | Partially successful | 1. For the 2024 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 each of these individuals who made ten or more serious or dangerous faults please list how many of each type of serious or dangerous fault they made and the nature of these faults, by which I mean the type of dangerous/serious faults that they made? Eg Moving Off (Control), Junctions (Observation) etc. 2. In 2024 how many people took a practical driving test having already at some point in their past failed a practical test a total of (a) twice, (b) five times and (c) ten times. 3. In 2024 please state the greatest number of practical tests taken in the past by the person who (a) passed their practical test and (b) failed their practical test. | 21/07/2025 |
| 2507-081672 | Partially successful | Number of tests which did not go ahead because the candidate did not turn up at the practical test centres listed below. 1/07/2024 and 20/06/2025, and 1/01/2019 and 31/12/2024. Barking (Tanner Street) Barking (Tow Quay) Barnet Belvedere Bromley Bromley Court Chingford Croydon Enfield Erith Goodmayes Greenford Hayes Hendon Hither Green Hornchurch Isleworth Mill Hill Mitcham Morden Pinner Sidcup Southall Tolworth Tottenham Uxbridge Wanstead West Wickham Wood Green Yeading | 21/07/2025 |
| 2507-081697 | Partially successful | Information for the period 1st July 2023 to 31st July 2024: 1. Accident Causation Data: Number of reported road traffic accidents where tyre defects were recorded as a contributory factor, broken down by: Fatal accidents Serious injury accidents Slight injury accidents Specific tyre-related contributory factors (worn tyres, defective tyres, under-inflated tyres, etc.) 2. Economic Cost Analysis: Current valuation figures used for calculating economic costs of road accidents Any specific economic impact assessments relating to tyre-related accidents Cost calculations for motorway/major road closures due to tyre-related incidents 3. Safety Research: Any commissioned research, reports, or studies on part-worn tyre safety (2020-2024) Correspondence with tyre industry bodies regarding part-worn tyre regulations Any impact assessments on tyre safety regulations 4. Enforcement Data: Statistics on prosecutions for tyre-related driving offences Data on roadside enforcement checks relating to tyre condition 5. International Comparisons: Any data comparing UK tyre safety standards with other countries Information on EU or international best practices regarding part-worn tyres. | 31/07/2025 |
| 2507-082142 | Partially successful | Operational failures, specifically on 12th July 2025. Why were tests offered and then withdrawn? Are refunds automatically issued for tests which have paid a weekend premium and then been cancelled by DVSA? | 25/07/2025 |
| 2507-082304 | Partially successful | Any data on HGVs authorised to drive on UK roads giving dimensions such as the height, width, and length of vehicles ? Height of all rigid HGVs -Are these approved by DVSA? | 24/07/2025 |
| 2507-082763 | Partially successful | The number of tests which did not go ahead because the candidate did not turn up at the practical test centres listed below. - 1/07/2024 and 20/06/2025, and 1/01/2019 and 31/12/2024. Barking (Tanner Street), Barking (Tow Quay),Barnet, Belvedere, Bromley, Bromley Court, Chingford, Croydon, Enfield, Erith, Goodmayes, Greenford,, Hayes, Hendon, Hither Green, Hornchurch, Isleworth, Mill Hill, ,Mitcham, Morden, Pinner, Sidcup, Southall, Tolworth, Tottenham, Uxbridge, Wanstead, West Wickham, Wood Green, Yeading. | 24/07/2025 |