HC Deb 21 July 1998 vol 316 cc459-61W
Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list for each DVLA office the number of staff employed on enforcement duties, the number of cases handled and the estimated income generated in each of the last five years. [51171]

Ms Glenda Jackson

The information is not available in the format requested for the full 5 year period. The VED enforcement breakdown for the current DVLA local office network for 1997–98 is as follows:

VED enforcement
VRO Number of cases Revenue (£) Staff in post 31 March 1998
Aberdeen 4,023 274,141 3.0
Inverness 1,194 66,806 1.0
Dundee 6,457 414,014 5.0
Middlesbrough 9,892 890,740 10.0
Newcastle 14,060 980,013 14.5
Carlisle 4,838 465,644 4.5
Edinburgh 14,737 948,168 14.0
Glasgow 21,089 1,346,426 18.5
Manchester 19,028 2,068,716 25.5
Bangor 6,146 655,354 8.5
Chester 7,284 812,031 6.0
Leeds 19,344 2,226,519 31.0
Preston 26,235 2,616,454 39.5
Worcester 18,720 1,762,634 15.5
Birmingham 33,432 3,859,486 22.5
Shrewsbury 12,050 1,252,187 16.0
Sheffield 12,935 1,122,757 16.0
Beverley 8,705 695,177 8.0
Luton 26,566 3,162,624 23.5
Ipswich 7,913 739,274 11.0
Norwich 8,181 857,528 10.5
Lincoln 10,690 1,209,380 12.0
Nottingham 27,161 3,253,141 18.5
Peterborough 18,280 2,217,178 20.0
Northampton 13,966 1,588,363 15.0
Cardiff 16,861 1,717,954 23.0
Swansea 13,231 1,313,903 11.5
Truro 4,864 408,313 6.5
Exeter 16,216 1,573,341 21.5
Bristol 15,850 1,748,863 24.0
Reading 5,204 622,199 9.0
Portsmouth 14,798 1,253,925 19.0
Oxford 7,586 850,972 9.0
Bournemouth 8,352 911,218 9.5
Brighton 14,793 1,711,110 23.2
Chelmsford 30,401 3,864,330 30.0
Maidstone 18,857 2,005,362 20.0
Sidcup 61,239 4,718,806 111.0
Wimbledon 30,085 4,969,520 52.0
Stanmore1 — — 19.0
Grand Total 611,263 263,153,669 757.7
1 Stanmore VRO does not process Enforcement work but has 19 outstationed Inquiry Officers
2 In addition revenue generated from Campaigns against evasion of Vehicle Excise Duty amounted to £3.642 million

In the last five years the staff deployed, total cases completed and the revenue generated from the VED Enforcement effort is as follows:

Year Staff deployed Total cases completed Revenue generated (£ million)
1993–94 946 696,000 65
1994–95 916 714,000 68
1995–96 874 747,000 74
1996–97 762 710,000 71
1997–98 758 635,000 167
1In addition £8.5 million was generated through the Agency Wheelclamping scheme

The reduced staff deployment has been possible through the use of more efficient working practices and changes in procedures.