§ Mr. Cohenasked the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the reply of 23 February, Official Report, column 621, if he will give a detailed breakdown of the 6.3 million disclosures of personal information, stating who received the data and the number of disclosures to each Department or other recipient.
§ Mrs. ChalkerA complete breakdown of disclosures is not readily available. The following tables show an estimated breakdown for both the vehicles and drivers registers.
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Number of disclosures Vehicles register Police 393,000 Central ticket office 2,818,000 Releases to assist in prevention or detection of crime, or to assess or collect any tax or duty: Local authorities 1,166,000 Other government departments. (DHSS, Customs and Excise, Inland Revenue, Intervention Board, Scottish Development Office and other parts of the Department of Transport) 30,000 Other enforcement agencies (Water Bailiffs, Sheriffs, Official Receivers, RSPCA, RSPB and AA/RAC/RSAC when acting for foreign customs authority) 3,000 Other releases Insurance Companies 45,000 Solicitors 8,000 Registered keepers and Vehicle owners 30,000 General public 25,000 Vehicle manufacturers—safety related recalls 550,000 Drivers register Police 950,000
Number of disclosures Internal DVLC enquiries which inter alia are used to provide information to drivers, third parties (with the driver's consent) and other Government Departments/including Customs and Excise and Inland Revenue (normally addresses only) 300,000 Other parts of the Department of Transport and the statutory licensing authorities in the traffic areas 50,000