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<p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) neither promotes the release of
personal data, nor does the DVLA seek to release personal data to generate a fee/revenue.</p><p>
</p><p>DVLA responds, as required, to each request for vehicle and driver data and
while DVLA is permitted to charge a fee for the release of information under the reasonable
cause provisions, DVLA is not permitted to profit from the release. The fee set is
to recover the related administrative costs and this means that it is the applicant
and not the taxpayer that funds this activity.</p><p> </p><p>Total fees recognised
by DVLA from charges for requests for vehicle and driver personal data for the most
recent financial year available, is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Account</p></td><td><p>£000s</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Driver
Fee Paying Enquiries</p></td><td><p>4,597</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Fee Paying
Enquiries</p></td><td><p>350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Electronic Data Link Fee Paying
Enquiries</p></td><td><p>15,951</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Receipts / Sale Vehicles including
Bulk Data</p></td><td><p>1,920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22,818</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
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