Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

The complainant requested information concerning the DVLA, the DfT and the Information Commissioner’s Office in respect of the application of ‘Regulation 27’ of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002. The DVLA provided some information in a redacted format but refused a significant part of the request stating that it did not hold the information and citing sections 42(1) and 40(2) of the Act. The Commissioner has investigated and finds that the DVLA were correct to conclude that it did not hold some information and to withhold the information under sections 42(1) and 40(2) of the Act. The Commissioner has also recorded a number of procedural breaches in relation to the DVLA’s handling of the above request for information.