Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Head of Data Sharing Policy & FOI Team f
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D16 f
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DVLA
Longview Road
Morriston
Swansea
SA6 7JL
Alex Shipp
Email us at:
xxx@xxxx.xxx.xxx.xx
Website:
www.gov.uk/browse/driving
Your Ref:
Our Ref:
FOIR4004
Date:
30 June 2014
Dear Mr Shipp
Freedom of Information Request
Thank you for your e-mail dated 5 June requesting information under the terms of the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). You asked for an Internal Review but there is nothing to review
as you have not requested this information previously.
You asked to be supplied with:
1. DVLA’s costing model; and
2. the data that it was run against to provide the figures.
This information is held but will not be disclosed because DVLA considers disclosure would be
likely to prejudice the commercial interests of DVLA and third parties. DVLA relies on section
43(2) of the FOIA for withholding the information.
Having engaged the s43(2) exemption, DVLA conducted a public interest test to determine
whether the exemption could be applied. The arguments for and against disclosure can be
found in the attached annex, the outcome of which favoured non-disclosure.
The information which follows concerns the copyright conditions that apply to any information
provided by the Agency and the procedures for making any complaint you might have about the
reply. Please quote the reference number of this letter in any future communications about it.
Yours sincerely
Robert Toft
Head of Data Sharing Policy & Freedom of Information Team
PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUESTS
Copyright Conditions The information supplied to you continues to be protected by copyright. You are free to use it for
your own purposes, including for private study and non-commercial research, and for any other
purpose authorised by an exception in current copyright law. Documents (except photographs)
can be also used in the UK without requiring permission for the purposes of news reporting. Any
other re-use, for example, commercial publication, would require the permission of the copyright
holder.
Most documents produced by a government department or DVLA will be protected by Crown
Copyright. Most Crown Copyright information can be re-used under the Open Government
Licence
(OGL)
(http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/).
For
information about the OGL and about re-using Crown Copyright information please see The
National Archives website at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/uk-
gov-licensing-framework.htm
Copyright in other documents may rest with a third party. For information about obtaining
permission from a third party, see the Intellectual Property Office’s website at www.ipo.gov.uk
Complaints If you are unhappy with the way in which your request for information has been handled, about
the decision not to disclose all or part of the information requested and/or that the DVLA has not
complied with its FOI publication scheme, you have the right to complain within two calendar
months of the date of this letter. You may complain by writing to the Freedom of Information
Team, DSPG/FOI, D16, DVLA, Swansea, SA6 7JL or e-mail xxx@xxxx.xxx.xxx.xx.
Your complaint will be acknowledged and you will be advised of a date by which you should
have received a response. Initially, your complaint will be re-considered by the official who dealt
with your request for information. If, after careful consideration, that person decides that his/her
decision was correct, your complaint will automatically be referred to an independent official
who will conduct a further review (an Internal 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 by writing to the Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.