FOI 26-24: Driving licences in Northern Ireland

Information Standards Freedom of Information Response

Our Ref: FOI 26-24

17 June 2024

Freedom of Information Act 2000

The Northern Ireland Assembly Commission (Assembly Commission) has processed your request dated 28 May 2024 under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). In your request, you asked:

“Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to receive details, on the number of driving licences (Both full and provisional) in Northern Ireland that :-

Have 12 or more penalty points, but are not banned from driving including a breakdown of how many are;

Male

Female

If possible, I would also like a breakdown of the areas these licences are issued in by county;

Male

Female

2. If possible, I would also like a breakdown of the areas these licences are issued in by county.”

Our response

The Assembly Commission does not hold this information.

Further information

The information that you require is more likely to be held by the Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA). You can submit your request by emailing dva@infrastructure-ni.gov.uk.

You have the right to request an internal review of this decision by the Assembly Commission.  If you wish to request such a review, please write to me at the above address.  If, after that review, you are dissatisfied with the way in which the Assembly Commission has handled your request for information, you may complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

Your request for information and our response may be published in the disclosure log maintained by the Assembly Commission under a publication scheme agreed with the ICO. The request and our response will be anonymised. 

Yours sincerely

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