Mis-fuelling of motor vehicles
Dear Scottish Water Business Stream Limited,
Mis-filling of motor vehicles with the wrong fuel is a major issue in the UK with the costs of doing so ranging from £300 for a simple drain and flush through of the tank to over £5000 for those unfortunate enough to irreparably damage their engine. The AA has estimated that 150,000 such events occur each year. In addition, there is a heavy cost in terms of missed appointments and inconvenience.
Q1. Please provide the number of diesel vehicles currently operated by the water company and the number of occasions any of these vehicles has been misfilled with petrol requiring unscheduled servicing during each of the last two years.
Q2. Please provide the total direct cost associated with the mis-fuelling events.
Q3. If the motor vehicles are owned/maintained by a leasing company please provide the name of the leasing company.
Yours faithfully,
Nick Panchaud
Dear Mr Panchaud
Thank you for your email, which we received on 16 September 2010,
requesting information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act
2002 ("FOISA"). You requested information on instances when petrol was put
into diesel vehicles.
Business Stream currently operates 18 diesel vehicles. In the last two
years there has been one instance of petrol being put into a diesel
vehicle; this occurred in August 2010.
The total direct cost associated with this incident was £3,234.00.
Our vehicles are leased from Lex Autolease.
I trust that the enclosed information will be satisfactory to answer your
enquiries. You can appeal if you are dissatisfied with the outcome. You
must appeal within the period of 40 working days commencing on 22
September 2010. On receiving your request for a review of this response,
we will conduct an internal review which will be undertaken by an
independent team whose members were not involved in responding to the
initial request. Business Stream is required to complete internal reviews
within 20 working days. Please address any such appeal to the Compliance
Manager. If your request for information is not resolved to your
satisfaction at that stage, you can appeal further to the Scottish
Information Commissioner, the independent body which oversees the
implementation of FOISA.
Yours sincerely
Trevor Nelson
Compliance Manager
Business Stream - A SCOTTISH WATER COMPANY
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