§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many staff are currently employed at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Swansea; what are their areas of responsibility; and how many staff are employed in each section.
§ Mr. Kenneth Carlisle[holding answer 13 Novernber 1992]: The total number of staff employed at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Swansea on 31 October 1992 was 3,107. This is divided according to grade and organisation as follows. 15W
Grade Organisation Administrative and executive 2,817 Driver licensing 919 Support, secretarial and technical 290 Vehicle licensing Administration and 1,471 common services 717 Total 3,107 3,107 The responsibilities of the agency are described in its annual report, a copy of which is in the Library of the House.
§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give details of the trial schemes that are currently being undertaken by the DVLA.
§ Mr. Kenneth Carlisle[holding answer 13 November 1992]: I shall write to the hon. Member.
§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the addresses of all local offices of the DVLA, the number of people employed in each and their work responsibilities.
§ Mr. Kenneth Carlisle[holding answer 13 November 1992]: The information requested is set out in the table. These offices provide a local service for the registration and licensing of new vehicles and related work—shown as "transactions" in the table—and are responsible for the enforcement of the payment of vehicle excise duty.
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Office and address Number of staff Transactions Enforcement Aberdeen 5.0 3.5 3rd Floor Atholl House, 84/88 Guild Street, Aberdeen AB9 1XH Bangor 4.0 7.5 Penrhos Road, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor LL57 2JF Birmingham 15.0 31.0 St. Martins House, 10 The Bullring Birmingham B5 5DP Bournemouth 10.0 15.5 Tregonwell Court, 118 Commercial Road Bournemouth BH2 5LN Brighton 11.0 25.5 PO Box 357, Circus House, New England Road, Brighton BN1 1DH Bristol 9.0 28.0 Northleigh House, Lime Kiln Close, Stoke Gifford Bristol BS12 6SR Cardiff 7.0 21.0 14 Cathedral Road, Cardiff CF1 9RB Carlisle 4.0 6.0 Ground Floor, 3 Merchants Drive, Parkhouse, Carlisle CA3 0JW 17W
Office and address Number of staff Transactions Enforcement Chelmsford 15.0 27.5 2nd Floor, Parkway House, 49 Baddow Road, Chelmsford CM2 0XJ Chester 9.0 8.0 Norroy House, Nuns Road, Chester CH1 2ND Coventry 8.0 14.5 Greyfriars House, Greyfriars Lane, Coventry CV1 2HB Dudley 11.0 11.0 Churchill Precinct, Dudley DY2 7BN Dundee 5.0 3.0 4th Floor, Overgate House, 121 Marketgait, Dundee DD1 1JL Edinburgh 0.0 13.0 Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive, Edinburgh EH11 3XE Exeter 9.5 18.0 16 Dix's Field, Exeter EX1 1TP Glasgow 18.5 24.0 107 Bothwell Street, Glasgow G2 7EE Gloucester 8.5 11.5 Elmbridge Court, Cheltenham Road, Gloucester GL3 1JY Guildford 12.5 14.5 32 High Street, Guildford GU1 3ED Haverfordwest 4.0 2.0 Winch Lane, Haverfordwest SA61 1RD Huddersfield 8.0 7.5 Kirklees House, Market Street, Huddersfield HD1 2HR Hull 7.0 6.5 Kingston House, Myton Street, Hull HU1 2PE Inverness 4.5 2.5 Caledonia House, 63 Academy Street, Inverness IV1 1RP Ipswich 9.0 9.5 Podium Level, St. Clare House, Greyfriars, Ipswich IP1 1UT Leeds 16.0 22.5 24a Union Street, Leeds LS2 7JR 18W
Office and address Number of staff Transactions Enforcement Leicester 8.5 13.5 2nd Floor, Rutland Centre, 56 Halford Street, Leicester LE1 1TT Lincoln 9.5 12.0 Mill House, Brayford Side North, Lincoln LN1 1YW Liverpool 12.0 22.5 Corn Exchange Building, Fenwick Street, Liverpool L2 7TT London 20.0 0.0 1 Zoar Street, London SE1 0SY Ground Floor, 14.5 0.0 Quest House, 11 Cross Road, Croydon CR9 6EW 23 Balfour Road, 9.5 0.0 Ilford IG1 4HH Government Building, 17.5 0.0 Canon Park, Honeypot Lane, Stanmore HA7 1BD 18 Great Marlborough Street, 0.0 112.0 London W1V 2BD 12/18 Station Road, 9.0 132.5 Sidcup, London DA15 7DA Luton 18.5 34.5 2 Dunstable Road, Luton LU1 1EB Maidstone 14.0 26.0 Coronet House, 11 Queen Anne Road, Maidstone ME14 1XB Manchester 21.0 25.0 Trafford House, Chester Road, Manchester M32 0SL Middlesbrough 8.0 9.5 9th Floor, Corporation House, 73/75 Albert Road, Middlesbrough TS1 2BP Newcastle 9.0 21.0 Eagle Star House, Regent Farm Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE3 3QF Northampton 9.0 13.0 Wootton Hall Park, Northampton NN4 9BG Norwich 9.5 11.0 Rouen House, Rouen Road, Norwich NR1 1UP 19W
Office and address Number of staff Transactions Enforcement Nottingham 13.0 16.5 Lambert House, Talbot Street, Nottingham NG1 5NJ Oxford 8.5 10.0 Ground Floor, 3 Cambridge Terrace, Oxford OX1 1RW Peterborough 10.0 10.0 88 Lincoln Road, Peterborough PE1 2ST Portsmouth 10.0 17.5 1/4 Queen Street, Portsmouth PO1 3JD Preston 14.0 16.5 Buckingham House, Glovers Court, Preston PR1 4DQ Reading 13.0 16.0 Minister House, 52/53 Minster Street, Reading RG1 2JS Sheffield 12.0 15.0 St. Peter's House, Hartshead, Sheffield S1 1JX Shrewsbury 5.0 3.5 1st Floor, Princess House, The Square, Shrewsbury SY1 2NB Stoke 9.5 6.5 London House, 4th Floor, Hide Street, Stoke ST4 1EL Swansea 5.0 7.5 DVLC, Longview Road, Swansea SA99 1DE Swindon 7.0 8.5 2 The Meads, Business Centre, Ashworth Road, Bridgemead, Swindon SN5 7YR Taunton 6.0 8.5 Brendon House, High Street, Taunton TA1 3DT Truro 5.0 8.5 Pydar House, Pydar Street, Truro TR1 2TG Worcester 7.0 9.0 Haswell House, St. Nicholas Street, Worcester WR1 1NX
§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the contribution of the DVLA to road safety, law enforcement and tax collection; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Kenneth Carlisle[holding answer 13 November 1992]: DVLA makes a strong contribution to road safety. It helps keep off the roads vehicles and people who should not be on them and restricts the circumstances in which some people can drive. The validity of insurance and MOT certificates is checked before vehicle licences are issued. The agency gives invaluable assistance to vehicle manufacturers who wish to recall vehicles because of safety defects.
The DVLA driver and vehicle databases are accessed extensively by the police and other law enforcement agencies in the investigation of all categories of crime in which a motor vehicle may be involved. Details of disqualified drivers are passed to the police and endorsements and disqualifications handed down by courts are entered on the driver record.
DVLA collected some £3 billion in vehicle excise duties in 1991–92.