FOI release

DVSA FOI disclosure log, August 2020

Updated 31 December 2021
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Request reference Request status Request summary Date the response was issued
IA/00671/20 Fully successful What reports have been made available for starting up driver testing again during this current period. Also any risk assessment for driving examiners from the BAME community 03/08/2020
IA/00696/20 Fully successful How many applications are currently pending for IVA vehicle tests for cars that are being imported and are under 10 years old?How many such IVA inspections have been carried out between 23rd March 2020 and 4th July 2020? How many inspections have been completed since 4th July 2020 to the date of your reply? What steps have been taken to deal with the backlog of IVA tests? The anticipated date by which the IVA system is expected to return to normal levels? 04/08/2020
IA/00712/20 Fully successful 1 - The total number of Category B (Car) Driving Tests completed between 01/01/2019 & 31/03/2020 in:A - EnglandB - ScotlandC - Wales2 - The total number of Road Traffic Collisions occurring on Category B (Car) Driving Tests Between 01/01/2019 & 31/03/2020 In:A - EnglandB - ScotlandC - Wales3 - The total number of recorded Airbag activations as recorded on HS1 in Road Traffic Collisions whilst on Category B (Car) Driving Tests between 01/01/2019 & 31/03/2020 in:A - EnglandB - ScotlandC - Wales 03/08/2020
IA/00724/20 Fully successful Please provide any information, Including minutes of meetings and reports in relation to planning of the impact of a Pandemic on the provision of Driving Tests, for the period January 2000 through to and including December 2010. 05/08/2020
IA/00729/20 Fully successful I am looking for MOT failure data with regards to the exhaust system, Exhaust & FuelNoise, emissions and Leaks. I am requesting data covering 2019/2020 and also previous 2 years 14/08/2020
IA/00739/20 Fully successful Critical Worker Driving Test service1. Industry, test type, acceptance status (waiting list/ rejected), application date, appointment offered date2. Total appointments made available by testing centre and test type.3. Total tests unfilled by testing centre and test type 12/08/2020
IA/00740/20 Fully successful Of the LGV Catagory C driving tests undertaken in the whole year of 2019, how many candidates, by test centre achieved a pass with Zero faults recorded on their practical driving test? 12/08/2020
IA/00747/20 Fully successful 1) For the 2017/2018 year, the 2018/2019 and the 2019/2020 year.2) An anonymised list of the ten best and ten worst performing questions for the Theory Car Test, showing how many times each was presented to an Applicant and the number of times each answer was chosen correctly and each answer was chosen incorrectly. 21/08/2020
IA/00763/20 Fully successful 1. How many people currently are waiting for a driving test in the UK ,I.e. people who have had their test cancelled during the "corvid" lockdown .2 . How long the DVSA estimate it will take to clear the current backlog of student's waiting on a TEST at the current rate with less examiners and fewer hours available. 24/08/2020
IA/00765/20 Fully successful A list of IVA inspections carried out June & July 2020 14/08/2020
IA/00766/20 Fully successful How many prosecutions have taken place for operators who have not adhered to the 48 hour working week since the amendments were introduced in 2005. 21/08/2020
IA/00781/20 Fully successful For MOT Passenger cars (Class 3 &4)Please could we see the latest % failure rates for both test and defects by defect category for Passenger car MOTs. 14/08/2020
IA/00783/20 Fully successful o How you are prioritising pre-booked tests and allocating slots. o How you are prioritising Emergency tests and allocating slots. o Average and maximum wait time to get through to customer services DVSA 26/08/2020
IA/00796/20 Fully successful Breakdown of the module 2 test passes total - Tests passed by licence category 2019/20. 26/08/2020
IA/00799/20 Fully successful Can you provide the locations that currently have driving test centres open for all categories of tests. Please include those not open and those that are now permanently closed and why. 26/08/2020
IA/00800/20 Fully successful Please could you provide the number of vehicles by type (and class where applicable Eg. N1 R)currently released for inspection and awaiting test under the new PT1 system listed in priority categories as of the 31st July 2020. 26/08/2020
IA/00811/20 Fully successful Telephony System1. What is your current telephony system?2. How many users of the telephony system?3. When is the contract up for renewal?4. If it isn't a VoIP system, will that be a consideration for the next contract cycle?5. The email address of the primary contact for this contract?6. Current annual spend?Mobile phone contracts1. Who is your current mobile phone provider?2. How many mobile connections?3. When is the contract up for renewal?4. How long do you contract for (24 or 36 months)?5. The email address of the primary contact for this contract?6. Current annual spend?Crown Commercial Services frameworks Do you procure through the Networks Services 2 framework? (RM3808 previously RM1045) Do you procure through the G-Cloud framework? 26/08/2020
IA/00818/20 Fully successful 1. How many Toyota cars, in total, required the modification in the UK, and how many kits have been issued and fitted; and, 2. How many Toyota Yaris cars, in total, required the modification in the UK, and how many kits have been issued and fitted. 3. What are the DVSA/Toyota doing to ensure that this Safety Recall is carried out in a safe and timely fashion? 21/08/2020
IA/00893/20 Fully successful Detailed risk assessment that sage has done on driving instructors returning to work in a confined space with no social distancing. 26/08/2020