FOI release
DVSA FOI disclosure log, February 2025
Updated 23 May 2025
| Request reference | Request status | Request summary | Date the response was issued |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2501-064975 | Successful | The number of Driving Test Examiners employed by DVSA for car driving tests in Great Britain on the following dates: 바카라 사이트’ January 1st 2024. 바카라 사이트’ February 1st 2024 바카라 사이트’ March 1st 2024 바카라 사이트’ April 1st 2024 바카라 사이트’ May 1st 2024 바카라 사이트’ June 1st 2024 바카라 사이트’ July 1st 2024 바카라 사이트’ August 1st 2024 바카라 사이트’ September 1st 2024 바카라 사이트’ October 1st 2024 바카라 사이트’ November 1st 2024 바카라 사이트’ December 31st 2024. Please indicate whether any included in the total figure for any of the above dates are DVSA employees who are undertaking driving test examinations as part of measures to tackle the driving test waiting times, but who are usually employed by the DVSA in a different role. | 03/02/2025 |
| 2501-065291 | Successful | a complete list of all Authorised Testing Facilities (ATFs) and DVSA vehicle MOT test stations for Heavy goods vehicles (HGV) in the UK. The file would need to be in an excel or csv format including details of the test station such as name, address and contact details and testing categories. | 03/02/2025 |
| 2501-065439 | Successful | for the past year 01/01/2024 to 31/12/2024 the number of vehicles (Vehicle Registration Marks) in respect of which the latest MOT test certificate issued displays lower mileage than that recorded upon a previous certificate | 07/02/2025 |
| 2501-065672 | Successful | Under the Freedom of Information Act I would like to know for Watnall driving test centre, Nottinghamshire. Since 01 October 2024 until 13 January 2025 how many practical driving tests for have been made available for booking, please do not include cancellations. Of the available tests how quickly were these booked. | 03/02/2025 |
| 2501-066237 | Successful | We hereby kindly request you to provide us with the statistics of new trailer registrations in UK for 2024. | 17/02/2025 |
| 2501-066446 | Successful | Freedom of Information scheme: 1.How many people who reside in Republic of Ireland were issued with an ADR driver training certificate by SQA in 2019? 2. How many people who reside in Republic of Ireland were issued with an ADR driver training certificate by SQA in 2023? 3.How many people who reside in Republic of Ireland were issued with an ADR driver training certificate by SQA in 2024? 4.What is the pass rate nationally for the ADR driver training certificate examinations in 2024? 5.What is the pass rate for training providers based in Northern Ireland for the ADR driver training certificate examinations in 2024? | 13/02/2025 |
| 2501-067112 | Successful | 1) Please could you send me your FOI response to this request issued on 17 September 2024? Reference 2408-054366 The FOI requests the data is for 2023/24 바카라 사이트 could you please let me know what date range this is? I.e. 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2024? 2) FOLLOW ON FROM PREVIOUS REQUEST: . I obtained the figures for how many impersonations were caught in Essex in 2024 via an FOI, but mistakenly did not ask for how many were caught nationally last year. I would be extremely grateful if you could help to provide me with the national figures with 2024. Is this something you can help with? | 24/02/2025 |
| 2501-067229 | Successful | 1. Most Common Reasons for Driving Test Failures: 바카라 사이트’ A breakdown of the most common reasons for failing the practical driving test 바카라 사이트’ If available, data for the most recent [e.g., five] years 2. Failure Reasons by Location: 바카라 사이트’ A list of the most frequent failure reasons by test centre or region 바카라 사이트’ If possible, data showing any regional trends in failure rates 3. Failure Reasons by Age Group (if available): 바카라 사이트’ A breakdown of the most common reasons for failure by age group (e.g., 17-20, 21-25, etc.) | 26/02/2025 |
| 2501-067428 | Successful | Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request data on vehicle failure rates, specifically comparing electric vehicles (EVs) to petrol and diesel cars. Please could you provide: 1. The total number of recorded MOT failures for electric vehicles, petrol and diesel cars over the past three (3) years. Could you please include: - The year of the MOT test - No. of EVs submitted for testing - No. of EV failures - No. of petrol vehicles submitted for testing - No. of petrol vehicle failures - No. of diesel vehicles submitted for testing - No. of diesel vehicle failures 2. A breakdown of common MOT failure points for each vehicle type (e.g., tyres, brakes, battery, emissions systems). | 13/02/2025 |
| 2502-067575 | Successful | When are the weekly practical tests released for Aylesbury? | 13/02/2025 |
| 2410-058047 | Partially successful | For the 12 month period(s) January to January respectively 2021 - 2022 2022 - 2023 2023 - to present (October 2024) 1. How many Cat B Driving Examiners were in full time and part time posts at Ashford (Kent) DTC 2. How many Cat B Driving Examiners were in full time and part time posts at Canterbury DTC 3. How many Driving Examiners left, retired or was dismissed from post individually at both test centers 4. For both recent recruitment campaigns how many people applied for the position at both test centers 5. How many substantive positions were available at both test centers 6. How many applications were successful and un-successful 7. How many successful applicants passed there training course and took up post at either test centers 8. How many applicants remained, left or was dismissed after they commenced | 13/02/2025 |
| 2501-065147 | Partially successful | Please provide the following information for financial years 2019-2024: The total number of individuals who: Applied for HGV licences (categories C, C1, and C+E). Passed the HGV theory test. Passed the HGV practical test. Breakdown of each figure by detailed ethnicity categories (e.g., Black African, Black Caribbean, Asian, Mixed). The number of individuals who applied for and passed the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC), broken down by ethnicity. If possible, please provide the data in a spreadsheet format (e.g., Excel). | 05/02/2025 |
| 2501-065903 | Partially successful | How many passenger car and light commercial vehicle safety recalls were registered with the DVSA during the years 2018 바카라 사이트 2023 inclusive? What is the total number of vehicles affected by these recalls? How many of these recalls are outstanding? | 13/02/2025 |
| 2501-066517 | Partially successful | ALL INFORMATION IS FOR TESTS BETWEEN 1ST JANUARY AND 31ST DECEMBER 2024 AT Scunthorpe Driving Test Centre I would like to know what the overall pass rate for the centre is Individual pass rates for each date and time held Individual Examiner Pass Rates Lowest Examiner Pass Rate Highest Examiner Pass Rate DVSA Driving test cancellation figures How many tests have been lost due to EXAMINER cancellation How many walk-out tests are done How many people have failed the eye sight exam How many choose to have the instructor sit in the back seat during the test, and the pass rates for those who are examined with their instructor in the back seat | 19/02/2025 |
| 2501-066684 | Partially successful | 1. The total number of Motorcycle Test Applicants for the test centres listed over the last 10 years This information should include the following details a) Location of Test 바카라 사이트 Test Centre (Where 바카라 사이트Test Centre바카라 사이트 is either Warwick, Leicester or Birmingham바카라 사이트) b) Type of Test c) Mod 1 / Mod 2 d) Year of test e) Sub divided by Month f) Post Code to district level | 20/02/2025 |
| 2501-067340 | Partially successful | 1. How many practical and theory tests are done every year? 2. How many practical and theory test centres are there? 3. How many reports of fraud have there been in the practical test in the last year? 4. How many reports of fraud have there been in the theory test in the last year? 5. How many of these resulted in an investigation or prosecution? 6. Do you have further information about the age or country of origin of fraud suspects? 7. Are there particular test centres that are targeted by fraudsters/have a higher percentage of incidents? 8. What are the main ways people have tried to cheat the theory test? 9. What are the main ways people have tried to cheat the practical test? 10. How big is the DVSA Counter Fraud & Investigations team? 11. What바카라 사이트s a typical day in the life of the Counter Fraud & Investigations team? 12. Do investigations always begin with someone attempting to cheat the test, or are there investigations off the back of intelligence and tip-offs? (e.g. reports of people advertising their cheating services on social media). 13. Are there links to organised crime? | 26/02/2025 |
| 2502-067524 | Partially successful | 1. The **total number of car driving tests** conducted in the UK over the last 36 months (February 2021 to January 2024), broken down by month. 2. A further breakdown of these figures to show the number of tests conducted for **manual cars** and **automatic cars** separately, also on a month-by-month basis. | 28/02/2025 |
| 2502-067588 | Partially successful | 1. How many car learners driving tests ,automatic tests total count, manual tests total count, conducted at Watford Driving Test Centre , each month, from January 2024 to 31/01/25? 1. How many car learners driving tests conducted at Watford Driving Test Centre , include, monthly total figure for each month, from January 2024 to 31/01/25? | 28/02/2025 |
| 2502-067623 | Partially successful | 1) Please explain how you are collecting and collating theory test pass rate data by ethnicity and how you are monitoring the equality impacts of the 2013/14 policy change to remove translation services from the theory driving test. Please explain why you stopped publishing data on this, and include the equality impact assessment (EqIA) you completed for stopping the publication of data. If it is the case that you have also stopped collating the data please explain that too and send the relevant EqIA. Please explain what efforts have been made by the DVSA to seek higher quality data on this issue than the previous system provided. (2) Please explain how the DVSA has been fulfilling its public sector equality duty in relation to this 2013/14 change of policy, for example how regularly does it perform an EqIA or review the impact? Please send any EqIA on the impact of the theory test policy since 1 Jan 2022. Please also provide any and all EqIAs conducted on the matter of racial equality and driving qualification since that date, regarding theory tests, practical tests or both. (3) Please send me the theory test pass rates by ethnicity by centre for the years 2024, 2023 and 2022. (4) Finally, please send me the practical test pass rates by ethnicity by centre for the years 2022, 2023, 2024. Please treat this request in priority order and do not delay it for time reasons, rather just stop at that point. | 28/02/2025 |
| 2502-067683 | Partially successful | For 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24 1. How many people at centres in Kent, Surrey and Sussex 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 at centres in Kent, Surrey and Sussex were 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? | 28/02/2025 |