monopoly

Dear Mr Baker

Freedom of Information

Your request for documentation regarding DVLA+IBk-s control of the monopoloy for driver and vehicle registration or if there is a monopoly on driver and vehicle registration was received on the 1 July 2009.

Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Regards.

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Dear Sir or Madam, good day to your good selves i request the
documentation regarding your control of the monopoly for diver and
vehicle registration or even if in fact you could answer if there
is a monopoly on driver and vehicle registration?many thanks for
your time

Yours faithfully,

mark-william:baker

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Dear Mr Baker

Freedom of Information

I am writing in response to your request made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) which was received on 1 July 2009. You requested copies of the documentation relating to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency+IBk-s (DVLA) control of the monopoly for driver and vehicle registration.

I should explain that all driver and vehicle licensing and registration in Great Britain is carried out by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) on behalf of the Secretary of State for Transport and is governed in accordance with the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act (VERA) 1994 (as amended), the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002 (as amended) and the Road Traffic Act 1988 (as amended).

Regarding your request for copies of the documentation relating to DVLA+IBk-s control of the monopoly for driver and vehicle registration, the legislation mentioned above is already in the public domain. Under section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act, we are not required to provide information, which is already reasonably accessible to you. Copies of the relevant legislation are available from HMSO bookshops and the legislation can be viewed via http://www.opsi.gov.uk/.

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 the Driver and Vehicle Licensing 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 on the Office of Public Sector Information website at: http://www.opsi.gov.uk/click-use/index.htm.

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 FOI , D16, DVLA, Longview Road, Swansea SA6 7JL or email to [DVLA request email]

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 below details of the complaints procedure and your right to complain to the Information Commissioner.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact FOI at the above email address. Please remember to quote reference: FOIR1575I in any future communications.

Yours sincerely

FOI
DVLA

Your right to complain to DVLA and the Information Commissioner

You have the right to complain about the way in which your request for information was handled and/or about the decision not to disclose all or part of the information requested. In addition a complaint can be made that DVLA has not complied with its FOI publication scheme.

Your complaint will be acknowledged and you will be advised of a target date by which to expect a response. Initially your complaint will be re-considered by the official who dealt with your request for information. If, after careful consideration, that official decides that his/her decision was correct, your complaint will automatically be referred to a senior independent official who will conduct a further review. You will be advised of the outcome of your complaint and if a decision is taken to disclose information originally withheld this will be done as soon as possible.

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. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner+IBk-s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

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Dear Sir or Madam, good day to your good selves i request the
documentation regarding your control of the monopoly for diver and
vehicle registration or even if in fact you could answer if there
is a monopoly on driver and vehicle registration?many thanks for
your time

Yours faithfully,

mark-william:baker

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Dear Mr Baker,

Thank you for your email. DVLA is revisiting your FOI request and response, and we will be in contact with you very shortly.

Regards.

DVLA

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Dear Sir or Madam,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Driver and Vehicle
Licensing Agency's handling of my FOI request 'monopoly'.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/mo...

Yours faithfully,

mark-william:baker

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Dear Mr Baker,

We are writing in response to your further correspondence received on
13 July, regarding your Freedom of Information request.

Having revisited the request, I can confirm that there is no
information held regarding the control by DVLA of the monopoly for
driver and vehicle registration.

Regards.

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Dear Sir or Madam, good day to your good selves i request the
documentation regarding your control of the monopoly for diver
and
vehicle registration or even if in fact you could answer if there
is a monopoly on driver and vehicle registration?many thanks for
your time

Yours faithfully,

mark-william:baker

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