Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Freedom Of Information D16,
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA),
Longview Road,
Morriston,
Swansea SA6 7JL.
Telephone
Fax
Julian Adams
Textphone
Email
[DVLA request email]
[email address]
Website
www.direct.gov.uk/motoring
Your Ref
2 February 2010
Our Ref
FOIR 1817/10
Date:
9 February 2010
Dear Mr Adams
Freedom of information request
Your request was received on 2 February 2010 and I am dealing with it under the terms of
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). In your email you asked for “
The number of
Triumph Spitfires currently taxed or SORNed. If possible I would like this information
broken down into models”
I can confirm that DVLA holds information falling within the description specified in your
request.
However, we estimate that the cost of collating the information would exceed the appropriate
limit of £600. Under Section 12 of the FOI Act DVLA is not obliged to comply with a
request where the cost of determining whether we hold the information, locating, retrieving
and extracting that information exceeds £600. This amount equates to 3.5 days worth of work
and is provided for in the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit
and Fees) Regulations 2004.
Our IT supplier would do the bulk of this work and based on previous work an indicative
example would take around 3 man days to determine, locate, retrieve and extract the
information requested. However, DVLA would be charged £600 per day for that work that
would involve writing, testing, scheduling and running the query. Therefore the cost will be
above the appropriate limit as described above.
However, DVLA has commercial selling agents to whom we sell anonymised data. They may
be able to help you with your request. I have provided a list of them at Appendix A. There
will probably be a charge for any data they supply.
If you are unhappy with the decisions made by this Agency in relation to your request, you
may ask for an internal review. If you wish to complain, you should write to Freedom Of
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Information D16, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), Longview Road,
Morriston, Swansea SA6 7JL.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Please see attached details of the
complaints procedure and your right to complain to the Information Commissioner.
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me Please remember to quote the
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reference above in any future communications.
Yours sincerely
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