Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Disclosure of Information

Department for Transport written question – answered at on 19 November 2015.

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Photo of Chi Onwurah Chi Onwurah Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills), Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with whom did the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency share licence data in 2014-15; and what payments were received for such data sharing.

Photo of Andrew Jones Andrew Jones Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) discloses personal data from its registers to authorised third parties with a legitimate reason for requesting it. Data is only disclosed where it is fair and lawful to do so and in compliance with the Data Protection Act. Comprehensive safeguards are in place to ensure that DVLA data provided to third parties is requested for specific purposes and is used appropriately. Information on the organisations that the DVLA discloses data to can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/who-dvla-shares-data-with

In 2014/15, the DVLA received £15.1m from data sharing activities. The DVLA’s data release charges are set to recover the cost of providing the information. While DVLA is permitted to charge a fee for the release of information under the reasonable cause provisions, it is not permitted to profit from it. The fees are set to recover the related administrative costs and so that it is the applicant and not the taxpayer who funds this activity.

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