Fleet List

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Dear Scottish Borders Council,

The Local Authority is requested to provide a list of motor vehicles operated by the council (owned or leased) currently licensed with the Driver & Vehicle Licensing Authority (“the DVLA”). Please include the following details.

1. Registration Mark of each motor vehicle;
2. Fleet number allocated (if any);
3. Chassis Make and Model;
4. Type of Body fitted;
5. Date new or date of acquisition.

File attachments using Excel, Word, PDF or plain text are acceptable

Yours faithfully,

Peter Jarman

Freedom of Information, Scottish Borders Council

Dear Peter Jarman

I acknowledge receipt of your request for information relating to the
above and shall respond within the relevant 20 working day period.

Yours sincerely

Information Management Team

Scottish Borders Council

0300 100 1800

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Freedom of Information, Scottish Borders Council

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Dear Peter Jarman

 

The above request is exempt under S39(2) Environmental Information of
FOISA  therefore we respond under the Environmental Information (Scotland)
Regulations 2004.

 

The following response was prepared and provided on behalf of Assets &
Infrastructure:

 

Please find our response attached with the exception of registration
numbers.

The registration numbers have been withheld to prevent possible future
crimes occurring. It is the Council's opinion that disclosure of the
registration of Council vehicles into the public domain could potentially
benefit persons wishing to commit a crime.

A request for vehicle registrations, together with the other information
requested (fleet number, department and make of vehicle) provides bogus
workmen or persons intent on some form of illegal activity with specific
internal information into the Council's operations that could be used for
some illegal purpose, such as vehicle cloning. Vehicle cloning would
include using the information requested to disguise the identity of a
vehicle by means of false number plates. The use of false number plates is
a common method used by criminals.

The Council has experienced cloning of vehicles in the past and is
therefore eager to prevent it reoccurring whenever possible. Further if a
Council vehicle is cloned and used in a crime, the release of the
requested information makes it difficult for the Council to prove that
they or a member of staff was not involved in the criminal activity.

The Council, in considering the public interest test, has concluded that
the public interest weighs in favour of withholding the registration
numbers, since the benefit of crime prevention outweighs any benefit to
the public in providing the information sought and is therefore relying on
10(5)(b) of EI(S)R 2004.

 

I should advise that you have a right to request a review within 40
working days from the date we respond to your request.  You should either
e-mail [1][Scottish Borders Council request email] or write to the Information Manager,
Scottish Borders Council, Council HQ, Newtown St. Boswells TD6 0SA.

 

If after the Council’s FOI Advice Group have considered your review and
you are still not happy with the decision you then have a right to appeal
to the Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner, you do this either
by visiting [2]http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appea... or by post to: 
Kinburn Castle, Doubledykes Road, St. Andrews, fife KY16 9DS.

Yours sincerely

for the

Information Management Team

Scottish Borders Council

Newtown St Boswells

TD6 0SA

E mail:  [email address]

Tel: 0300 100 1800

 

 

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