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DVSA FOI disclosure log, January 2020

Updated 31 December 2021
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IA/01188/19 Fully successful Could I please have a list of all red sites for ADR testing please. 07/01/2020
IA/01193/19 Fully successful I would like to request information regarding instructor ADI part 2 and part 3 and also ADI standards check tests for the period of 01 September 2017 to 05 December 2019.The information I would like should include the number of complaints and also the nature of complaints regarding conduct of ADI enforcement examiners that work ADI enforcement Area 5 - North, West, East London and East Anglia. I would like to know how many test each examiner has carried out between the dates I have stated above and the complaints in comparison to that.Please could you include the pass rates for the examiners in this area based on the number of tests done and the breakdown on ethnicity.I would also like to know how many tests the examiner has been sat in with their manager and on how they have preformed.I would also like to know what DVSA do and have done with the examiners with the most number of complaints. 08/01/2020
IA/01229/19 Fully successful Do you have Cyber Essentials certification? Have you ever been unsuccessful in applying for Cyber Essentials certification? Do you have Cyber Essentials Plus certification? Have you ever been unsuccessful in applying for Cyber Essentials Plus certification? How many penetration tests has your organisation had from an external third-party in the last 12 months? The total number of full-time and part-time employees employed by your organisation with professional cyber security qualifications (as of 19th December 2019 or latest figures available) The total number of full-time and part-time employees employed by your organisation who have completed cyber security training over the last 12 months (prior to 19th December 2019 or latest figures available) Total money spent on cyber security in the last 12 months (prior to 19th December 2019 or latest figures available). 10/01/2020
IA/01240/19 Fully successful whether DVSA keep statistical compliance records in relation to the checks undertaken at Dalar Hir, Check Point, Holyhead? 10/01/2020
IA/01223/19 Fully successful Can you please provide me with a contact within your organisation that can give me the cost of the vehicles you are currently having built. 10/01/2020
IA/01220/19 Fully successful 2,194 Class 4 vehicles, first registered in 1980, failed the MOT test from 1 November 2018 to 31 October 2019.Please provide a breakdown of numbers of failures under the reasons:Body, chassis, structureBrakesIdentification of the vehicleLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentNoise, emissions and leaksRoad wheelsSeat belt installation check,Seat belts and supplementary restraint systemsSpeedometer and speed limiterSteeringSuspensionTyresVisibility 10/01/2020
IA/01197/19 Fully successful 1) How many LCV (light commercial vehicle <3.5t) were targeted for further inspection after driving over a weight in motion site?2) Of the above, how many were found to be overweight and fined per year since installation?3) How many were found to have other defects?4) How many resulted in court appearances5) How much revenue has been generated from fines from these sites since installation? 13/01/2020
IA/01226/19 Fully successful Please supply me with statistics for the number of convictions for tachograph offences for 2013-9 (or such period as is readily available) broken down by offence type and equipment type. In each case, please let me know also your best estimate for the number of trucks on the road (UK and foreign) each year with each type of device, as a baseline for comparing convictions as rates.Please also supply me with any estimates you have from other data of the likely level of noncompliance.Finally, please supply me with any information you have of the evolution of defeat devices and procedures. 13/01/2020
IA/01245/19 Fully successful 1. Number of category 2 practical driving tests undertaken at Morden DTC on a Saturday during the period Saturday 5th January 2019 to Saturday 28th December 20192. Number of category 2 practical driving tests undertaken at Morden DTC on a Sunday during the period Sunday 6th January 2019 to Sunday 29th December 2019. 3. Number of category 2 practical driving tests undertaken at Morden DTC on any weekday at 15:29 during the period 1st January 2019 to 29th January 2019 14/01/2020
IA/01225/19 Fully successful Contract 11. Current Lines (Analogue, ISDN VOIP, SIP etc) Provider 2. Fixed Line- Contract Renewal Date- please provide day, month and year (month and year are also acceptable). If this is a rolling contract please provide me with the rolling date of the contract. If there is more than one supplier please split the renewal dates up into however many suppliers3. Fixed Line- Contract Duration- the number of years the contract is for each provider4. Type of Lines- Please can you split the type of lines per each supplier? PTSN, Analogue, SIP5. Number of Lines- Please can you split the number of lines per each supplier? SIP trunks, PSN Lines, Analogue Lines Contract 26. Minutes/Landline Provider- Supplier's name (NOT Mobiles) if there is no information available please can you provide further insight into why?7. Minutes/Landline Contract Renewal Date- please provide day, month and year (month and year is also acceptable). If this is a rolling contract please provide me with the rolling date of the contract.8. Minutes Landline Monthly Spend- Monthly average spend on calls for each provider. An estimate or average is acceptable. 9. Minute's Landlines Contract Duration: the number of years the contract is with the supplier.10. Number of Extensions- Please state the number of telephone extensions the organisation currently has. An estimate or average is acceptable. Contract 3 11. Fixed Broadband Provider- Supplier's name if there is not information available please can you provide further insight into why?12. Fixed Broadband Renewal Date- please provide day, month and year (month and year is also acceptable). If this is a rolling contract please provide me with the rolling date of the contract. If there is more than one supplier please split the renewal dates up into however many suppliers13. Fixed Broadband Annual Average Spend- Annual average spend for each broadband provider. An estimate or average is acceptable.Contract 414. WAN Provider- please provide me with the main supplier(s) if there is no information available please can you provide further insight into why?15. WAN Contract Renewal Date- please provide day, month and year (month and year are also acceptable). If this is a rolling contract please provide me with the rolling date of the contract. If there is more than one supplier please split the renewal dates up into however many suppliers16. Contract Description: Please can you provide me with a brief description of the contract17. The number of sites: Please state the number of sites the WAN covers. Approx. will do.18. WAN Annual Average Spend- Annual average spend for each WAN provider. An estimate or average is acceptable.19. Internal Contact: please can you send me there full contact details including contact number and email and job title for all the contract above. 15/01/2020
IA/00013/20 Fully successful We would like to know how many vehicles go through iva test per year since 2016- 2020 yearly figures please We would also like to know how many vehicles pass the iva test per year since 2016- 2020 yearly figures please 15/01/2020
IA/01224/19 Fully successful I would like to receive hard copies of the following from DVSA:Job descriptions for ALL current and previous Business Support Manager roles (these are roles that support the Directors) including the role I covered up until 22 August 2019 (Business Support Manager to the Finance & Corporate Services Director). 16/01/2020
IA/00019/20 Fully successful Total number spam/malicious emails blocked by your organisation over the last 2 calendar years (2019 and 2018) broken down by year.Please could you also provide a category for the malicious emails e.g. 2,300 phishing emails, 5,000 spam/junk emails, 3,400 anti-virus blocks. 16/01/2020
IA/00021/20 Fully successful The number of cars first registered in 1977 to take the MOT test between 20th May 2017 to 20th May 2018 and the number of failures.The number of cars first registered in 1978 to take the MOT test between 21st May 2018 to 20th May 2019 and the number of failures. 16/01/2020
IA/01237/19 Fully successful details regarding the contract currently held by SQA for DGDT examination and certification.1. Date of current contract award2. Date of current contract expiry3. Date of expected tender process starting 4. Number of exams sat for each of the last 3 complete financial years.5. Number of DGDT/ADR cards issued for the last 3 years. 6. Income recieved by the Driver and Vehicle standards agency for the last 3 years in respect of this contract. 20/01/2020
IA/01238/19 Fully successful What applications are you running for: Finance, HR, Payroll, Procurement, CRM, Business Intelligence (BI) ?For each of the above applications: Who is the vendor(s) ? What Version(s) are you running ? When was the last major software upgrade ? When is the next planned upgrade? Who provides 2nd and 3rd line Support and Maintenance (S&M) for these applications? What is the approximate value of the current annual S&M contract? (a range is fine) When is the S&M renewal date? Who is responsible for these business areas? Is there a longer term strategy to replace the applications / software mentioned? Are you running any Oracle or SAP databases, if so what versions are you running? Are you planning any database upgrades in the next 12-18 months? Who provides 2nd and 3rd line S&M for these database ? What is the approximate value of these contracts ? (a range is fine) When is the S&M renewal date? Who is responsible for looking after the contract for the Oracle and/or SAP application estate? Who is responsible for looking after the licenses for the Oracle and/or SAP DB estate? 20/01/2020
IA/00027/20 Partially successful I am interested to find out how many drivers have been caught cheating on theory and practical driving tests - either by using an ear piece or having someone take the test for them - or any other means of cheating.If possible, I would like data for 2019, 2018, 2014 and 2009, ideally split by UK test centre and showing a split of theory cheats, practical cheats and total caught. 23/01/2020
IA/00028/20 Fully successful Could you tell me how many prohibitions and/or prosecutions there have been in the last 3 years, for the following please:GB Drivers Domestic Hours rules infringements for the following; Vehicles with a GVW less than 3501kg ?Vehicles with a GVW greater than 3500kg ?Vehicles used under a Section 19 permit for the following:Bodies concerned with education ?LEA's (Local Education Authorities) ?Infringements of the 1998 and 2003 Working Time Regulations ?Also, could you provide a breakdown of the prosecution numbers by offence type please ? 23/01/2020
IA/00041/20 Fully successful DVSA breaking down semi-trailer and trailer authorisations showing data for calendar year 2019 23/01/2020
IA/01242/19 Partially successful 1. Practical car test pass rates by ethnicity of candidate for test centres in England Wales Scotland and DSA Northern Ireland which took place over the last two years?Test Centre Asian Black Chinese Mixed Prefer not to say White2. ADI Part 2, 3 and Standards Check test pass rates by ethnicity of candidate for test centres in England, Wales, Scotland and DSA Northern Ireland which took place over the last two years? Test Centre Asian Black Chinese Mixed Prefer not to say White3. ADI Part 2, 3 and Standards Check test failure rates by ethnicity of candidates who have not met the standard required by the DVSA and have been removed from the ADI Register for test centres in England, Wales, Scotland and DSA Northern Ireland which took place over the last two years?Test Centre Asian Black Chinese Mixed Prefer not to say White4. How many accidents or damage to vehicles have happened during practical driving tests that have or been reported to the DVSA over the last years 23/01/2020
IA/00022/20 Fully successful 1 April 2018 - 01/01/2020 by financial year;1) How many staff in DVSA have attended success profiles training (either a course or online training) for the PMR system?2) At what grade are these staff?3) What criteria regarding behaviours is applied at the sift stage of any recruitment process i.e. how are behaviours scored or accounted for at the Sift stage?4) How many staff attended the CSL course held in Bristol and Leeds in 2019? Were any other CSL courses i.e. face to face courses run elsewhere?5) What grades were the staff that attended?6) How many staff in DVSA have attended a course or conducted the online training regarding unconscious bias in these financial years?7) At what grade are these staff?8) How many staff have attended a course or completed online training for recruitment boards?9) At what grade are these staff? 27/01/2020
IA/00026/20 Partially successful 1) The number of complaints made by students against approved driving instructors (ADIs) relating to indecency, sexually inappropriate behaviour, harassment, or anything similar of this nature.2) Please provide the age and gender of the complainant and the accused.3) Please arrange these records by the area of where the alleged assault or inappropriate behaviour took place - this can be provided by constituency.4) For each of the complaints, please include information regarding further action taken by the DVSA. Were the complaints investigated, and if so was the ADI removed from the Register. Please provide all of this data for the last three years up to the time this request is answered, broken down annually. Either calendar year or financial years is fine, but please keep the format constistent. I.e. it could be 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019 to the date of this email. 28/01/2020
IA/00046/20 Fully successful I would like to request the theory-based multiple-choice test scores for the 2017-18 year. 28/01/2020
IA/00024/20 Fully successful 1 April 2018 - 01/01/2020 by financial year;1) How many staff in DVSA are deputising to a higher grade (by financial year)?2) At what grade are these staff?3) How long have these staff been deputised at these grades?4) Has every deputised role been reviewed each 6 months? 5) How many staff are listed as contingent labour by DVSA?6) Are these contingent labour staff covering vacant roles and at what grade are these vacant roles?7) Are all of these roles covered by contingent labour reviewed every 6 months?8) What is the total cost by financial year for contingent labour in DVSA? 28/01/2020
IA/00025/20 Fully successful Can you please tell me which current staff handbook policies have been:1) Drafted and implemented by DVSA and are DVSA specific?2) Drafted and implemented by the Department of Transport and have been subsequently implemented by DVSA? 28/01/2020
IA/00023/20 Fully successful 1 April 2019 - 01/01/2020.1) Can you please send me a copy of the audit for DVSA which was compiled in 2019 for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - referred to in the JNCC resourcing minutes dated 4 April 2019?2) Can you please send me any reports or details of the pilot for self-service recruitment for the DS&T Directorate - referred to in the JNCC resourcing minutes dated 4 April 2019? 28/01/2020
IA/00079/20 Fully successful 1. What is the contract renewal and duration of the Telent contract?2. What is the number of SIPs for the Telent contract? 3. what is the actual minutes monthly spend for each provider? 31/01/2020
IA/00045/20 Fully successful 1 April 2018 - 01/01/2020 by financial year;1) How many Local recognition awards have been made to staff who are deputising into another role?2) What have the Local recognition awards been awarded for?3) How many vouchers (if these are different to payments) have been made to staff in a deputising role?4) Please provide the Directorate and deputising grade for both payments and vouchers.5) How many instances have there been where staff have received multiple local recognition awards or vouchers ?6) How many local recognition awards or vouchers have been awarded for out of hours working commitments ? 31/01/2020
IA/00056/20 Fully successful 1. How many VOSA/DVSA personnel in the last 5 years have been reported for speeding whilst on duty?2. How many VOSA/DVSA personnel in the last 5 years were of the Senior Management grade?3. How many VOSA/DVSA personnel have had disciplinary action taken against them? {written or verbal warnings. Dismissal from service}4. How many VOSA/DVSA personnel were ordered to take a driving assessment course run by DSA/DVSA driving examiners? 31/01/2020