Dear Sir or Madam,

could you please supply a list of registration marks withdrawn by
the DVLNI following reports from members of staff or other agencies
such as the Police DSA VOSA members of public, MP's etc for
misrepresentation

could you also break down where the complaints have been received
from, which led to the removal?

finally could you please provide a list of registration marks which
have been reported more than once for mis representation

Yours faithfully,

Paul Smith

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am afraid that the deadline for you to respond to my request has
passed and that I have received no response.

As you are now in breach of the law can I ask that you respond with
the requested information by no later than 5pm on Friday the 3rd of
October?

Yours sincerely,

P smith

Thanks for your email.

I have checked our records and cannot find any record of receiving a
Freedom of Information request from you.
Please advise when and how (email, letter etc.) this was sent to us and
also re- send your original request.

If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Regards,
Lesley Harris
Vehicle Licensing Enquiries

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Dear DVLNI,,

my original request was sent on the 4th of September by the same
method that I am sending you now. the message was as follows.

P smith

4 September 2008 Dear Sir or Madam,

could you please supply a list of registration marks withdrawn by
the DVLNI following reports from members of staff or other agencies
such as the Police DSA VOSA members of public, MP's etc for
misrepresentation

could you also break down where the complaints have been received
from, which led to the removal?

finally could you please provide a list of registration marks which
have been reported more than once for mis representation

Yours faithfully,

Paul Smith

Yours sincerely,

P smith

Dear DVLNI,,

can you please rovide me with th reqested information or a date
when you will provide it?

Yours sincerely,

P smith

Mr Paul Smith

DV 08C44

20 October 2008

Dear Mr Smith

Freedom of Information Act 2000

Thank you for your request for information dated 3 October 2008 for
information which may be held by this Agency regarding information on
misrepresented registration marks. Your request was received on 3
October 2008 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the above
legislation. I aim to let you have a response by 31 October 2008.

The leaflet enclosed gives a brief outline of the legislation and the
procedures we will follow in handling your request.

<<FOI Leaflet.pdf>>

As indicated in the leaflet, you may have to pay for information in
certain circumstances. If a fee is required, I will write to you to
advise of the amount which must be paid before I can respond to your
request for information.

If you have any queries about this letter, please do not hesitate to
contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any
future communications.

Yours sincerely

S Moore
Information Management Unit
Driver and Vehicle Agency,
County Hall,
Coleraine,
BT51 3TA
[email address]

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Mr Paul Smith

Our Ref: DV 08 C44

Dear Mr Smith

Freedom of Information Act 2000

I am writing to advise you that, following careful consideration, the Agency has decided not to release the information which you requested on 3 October 2008 as it falls within the terms of exemption under Section 40 of the FOI Act which relates to personal information.

This means that we are required to respond within the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998, and not the Freedom of Information Act. Section 7(4) of the Data Protection Act does not oblige us to release information which would identify another individual.

The Agency has concluded that as there was only one case of a mark being withdrawn as a result of the offence of misrepresenting a registration mark being committed, to release this information might identify the driver.

If you are unhappy, you have the right to seek a review of this decision by the Department in the first instance, within two calendar months of the date of this letter. If you wish to do so, please write to

Director of Corporate Services
Room 6.15
Department of the Environment
Clarence Court
Adelaide Street
Belfast BT2 8GB

who will arrange for an internal review of your case.

If you are still unhappy with the decision, you have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner who will undertake an independent review.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Yours sincerely

S Moore
Information Management Unit
Driver & Vehicle Agency
County Hall
Coleraine
BT51 3TA
[email address]

Dear Moore, Sylvia,

Thank you for your response to my request.

As you are unprepared to respond giving full details I would wish
to amend my request thus.

rather than listing the marks that have received warnings I wish
you to state simply the figures involved.

Could you please state how many number plates have been withdrawn
by dvlni

could you please break down how many people the dvlni has written
to to warn them about their registration marks?

How many reports have been received more than once for each mark?

Finally please provide a break down of how the reports relate to
the persons reporting them?

ie how many withdrawn following complaints from MPs. how many
following reports from staff etc.

Yours sincerely,

P smith

Mr Paul Smith

DV 08C46

29 October 2008

Dear Mr Smith,

Freedom of Information Act 2000

Thank you for your request for information dated 27 October 2008 for
information which may be held by this Agency regarding statistics for
warnings issued regarding misrepresented registration marks. This will
be treated as a new request. Your request was received on 28 October
2008 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the above legislation.
I aim to let you have a response by 25 November 2008.

The leaflet enclosed gives a brief outline of the legislation and the
procedures we will follow in handling your request.

<<FOI Leaflet.pdf>>

As indicated in the leaflet, you may have to pay for information in
certain circumstances. If a fee is required, I will write to you to
advise of the amount which must be paid before I can respond to your
request for information.

If you have any queries about this letter, please do not hesitate to
contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any
future communications.

Yours sincerely,

S Moore,
Information Management Unit,
Driver and Vehicle Agency,
County Hall,
Coleraine,
BT51 3TA.
[email address]

Mr Paul Smith

DV08C46

Dear Mr Smith

Freedom of Information Act 2000

I am writing to confirm that the Agency has now completed its search for
the information about statistics for letters regarding misrepresented
registration marks which you requested on 27 October 2008. Between
August 2006 and October 2008 the information is as follows:

Number of number plates withdrawn by DVA
- 1
Number of warning letters issued
- 521
Number of reports received more than once for each mark (9 with 2
reports and 1 with 3 reports) - 10

Number of reports received from PSNI
- 521

There were no registration marks withdrawn following complaints from
MPs or staff.

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. You are free to use it for your
own purposes, including any non-commercial research you are doing and
for the purposes of news reporting. Any other re-use, for example
commercial publication, would require the permission of the copyright
holder. Most documents supplied by Driver & Vehicle Agency will have
been produced by government officials and will be Crown Copyright. You
can find details on the arrangements for re-using Crown Copyright from
the Office for Public Sector Information at:

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/click-use/index.htm

Information you receive which is not subject to Crown Copyright
continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or
organisation, from which the information originated. You must ensure
that you gain their permission before reproducing any third party (non
Crown Copyright) information.

Under the terms of the legislation, if you are unhappy with this
response you have the right to seek a review by the Department in the
first instance, within two calendar months of the date of this letter.
If you wish to do so, please write to

Director of Corporate Services
Room 6.15
Department of the Environment
Clarence Court
Adelaide Street
Belfast BT2 8GB

If after such a review you are still unhappy with the response, you have
the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner who will undertake
an independent review.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

Yours sincerely,

S Moore
Information Management Unit
Driver & Vehicle Agency
County Hall
Coleraine
BT51 3TA
[email address]