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DVSA FOI disclosure log, June 2020

Updated 31 December 2021
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IA/00453/20 Fully successful 1. What is the total number of cars that fell due for MOT-test between 23 March 2020 and 29 March 2020 inclusive.2. Of these vehicles, what is the total number for which no test has taken place and no 6 month extension has been applied.3. What is the total number of cars for which the 6 month extension has been applied automatically from 30 March 2020 to date. 01/06/2020
IA/00462/20 Fully successful Follow on request - Do you happen to have available data for these weeks as well? w/c 20th Aprilw/c 27th April 01/06/2020
IA/00479/20 Fully successful I wish to know since APRIL 2016 how many times has GARETH LLEWELLYN attended any functions business or otherwise where , IAN MACKINTOSH CEO of RED DRIVING SCHOOL LTD was present and what personal contact if any did these 2 gentlemen have. DATES , TIMES AND LOCATIONS PLEASE and of coarse any other relevant matters regarding meetings , social or other wise where these two men where physically present . 01/06/2020
IA/00440/20 Partially successful 1. How many mot tests was carried out in April 20192. How many mot tests was carried out in April 2020 3. How many PG9s was issued in April 2019 March 20 4. What area in the uk has the busiest mot station in 20195. How many mots was carried out at the busiest mot station in 20196. How many CPDs was carried out by testers in 2019/20 syllabus7. How many testers did not complete the CPD 8. How many VT8s was carried out the 2019/20 (April/March )9. How many MOTs was carried out between 10pm and 6amIn 2019 How Many new testers took their training with IMI In 2019 How Many new testers took their training with ABC 02/06/2020
IA/00487/20 Fully successful correspondence between DVSA and an independent (from either party) battery expert been consulted on the matter of Tesla battery safety? Was the ongoing lawsuit Rasmussen v. Tesla considered in that correspondence? 02/06/2020
IA/00457/20 Fully successful 1. The amount of vehicle 'stop and accounts' and 'stop and searches' recorded in March-April 2019.2. 1. The amount of vehicle 'stop and accounts' and 'stop and searches' recorded in March-April 2020. Please can I have the number of vehicles stopped by DVSA by your enforcement team for March-April 2019 and March-April 2020? 03/06/2020
IA/00473/20 Fully successful Would you be able to tell me how many MOTs for cars and vans you would expect to carry out during April and May, and how many were actually carried out in May as a comparison?What sort of backlog is the DVSA expecting to see and how do you plan on clearing it?Does the DVSA expect it to be cleared within the six-month exemption period, or could that be extended? 03/06/2020
IA/00469/20 Fully successful Do you know how many fewer MOT's there have been because of the six month extension please?? IE March and April figures for 2020 compared to 2019 please? and for May 2020 compared to 2019 03/06/2020
IA/00506/20 Partially successful I wish to know since 2010 who many officially registered complaints have been made either about Staff or management at the driving test centre in Portsmouth Hampshire james callaghan drive . And if possible what action was taken in particular to those complaints to prevent a recurrence of that particular complaint . 04/06/2020
IA/00507/20 Partially successful I wish to know since 2010 who many officially registered complaints have been made either about Staff or management at the driving test centre in LEE ON THE SOLENT TEST CENTRE HAMPSHIRE . And if possible what action was taken in particular to those complaints to prevent a recurrence of that particular complaint . 04/06/2020
IA/00510/20 Fully successful I'm looking for a list of emails for mot stations in the UK 08/06/2020
IA/00502/20 Fully successful Please could you send a list of IVA inspections carried out Jan, Feb, March, April & May 2020Could you please show volumes by day, type(N1, N2, N3, M1, M2, M3, O1/O2, O3, O4) & station (inc POTF).eg. 1st October 2015Gillingham 3 x N1 2 xN2 1 x O4Norwich 2 x N1 3 x N2Volvo T & B Coventry 5 x N3 2 X N2Exeter 3 x N2For all stations in the British Isles. 08/06/2020
IA/00503/20 Fully successful 1) Please supply copies of all the audit reports on the National Register of LGV Instructors supplied to DVSA through the governance committee.2) Please supply copies of any other reports on the performance of the National Register of LGV Instructors held by DVSA. 08/06/2020
IA/00521/20 Partially successful How many people were caught trying to cheat the written and practical tests in Britain in the the past year? Please can you provide the same information for the previous three years? what people were doing to cheat e.g hiring a lookalike to take the tests for them. please can you tell me the top (e.g five or three) ways people cheated in each of the years I've asked for data on?Could you please also tell me the total number of people who have taken driving tests and passed or failed them in the aforementioned years? 10/06/2020
IA/00525/20 Fully successful In May, you were kind enough to send me the data attached on MOT tests carried out in April, March, Feb, Jan 2020 and April and March 2019.Would you be able to update that table with MOTs carried out in May 2020. 10/06/2020
IA/00537/20 Fully successful the number of vehicles registered by age (year of registration) that are listed as powered by Electric. split by marque and model where possible. We would also like to know how many vehicles have had their drivetrain changed from petrol ( or diesel) to electric in the last 12 months. 10/06/2020
IA/00545/20 Fully successful I ask for clarification as to why an automatic retrospective flexibility of four months could be legislated for in the case of the new DL extension, whereas a similar restospective flexibility of just five DAYS was "not possible" (to quote the response to my original FOI request) in the case of the MOT extension. 10/06/2020
IA/00514/20 Fully successful i would like the data regarding the number of trailers for heavy goods vehicles registered in the UK and Northern Ireland. could I obtain registration data from December 2018 to date? 16/06/2020
IA/00498/20 Partially successful I would like to request data for theory test certificates that have expired, or will expire, between the dates of 23/03/20 - 20/06/20. 17/06/2020
IA/00541/20 Partially successful I would like to know how many bidders put in compliant bids for the latest DVSA contract? 17/06/2020
IA/00559/20 Partially successful I would like to request ALL the reports and statistics pertaining to ALL tests conducted by all examiners at Southall Driving Test Centre - sorted By Ethnicity of candidate, for as long as held for 17/06/2020
IA/00542/20 Fully successful IA/00469/20 Do you have May Figures for 19/20 17/06/2020
IA/00515/20 Fully successful Please provide any and all risk assessments undertaken to comply with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 to understand the risks and necessary controls associated with Coronavirus COVID-19 for staff working at the authorised testing facility (ATF) located at Gregory Distribution Ltd, Cullompton and the weighbridge check area at Sampford Peverell. 23/06/2020
IA/00575/20 Fully successful Could you please provide the number of rigid commercial vehicles registered by individual gross vehicle weight from 7.5 tonnes to 32 tonnes every year since 2010 to 2019. 24/06/2020
IA/00579/20 Fully successful I would like a breakdown of what the cost of a driving test to a candidate is spent on, on average, or where the money goes. 24/06/2020
IA/00581/20 Fully successful Can you tell me how much the driving examiners are being paid due to coronavirus and the volunteer examiners are they being paid extra money. 26/06/2020