DVLA - Freedom of Information

[mab01uk]

This came up on another forum but thought it may be of interest to others......
If anyone has any good ideas for interesting questions to ask the DVLA about say early Mini's it seems fairly straightforward to ask, as some others have done (see below) under the FOA Act?

If you want to know anything from the DVLA (or other UK public authorities) you can submit a Freedom of Information request here:
By law they have to respond and it is quite common to ask the numbers of surviving models of classic cars, etc.
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/select_authority

You can search for previous answers to requests, DVLA shown here:
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/search/dvla/all

eg. This request was for Riley Elf numbers left in 2011.

Dear Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency,
How many mark 2 Riley elfs are left
Yours faithfully,
Alan Dalley
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ ... ing-186142

The DVLA Answer Here:
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ ... IR2484.pdf

Table of Elf figures:
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ ... 0Table.pdf

[IAIN]

I would think you could double or treble the 'cars left' number on DVLA records allowing for the cars which are neither taxed or sorned.

[china]

If you type into Google ( how many left ) a website will come up which does a similar thing to what you are describing in this topic.
This author of this website also gets is info from D.V.L.A.