Link for IOC full Decision notice pdf file: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) (Central government) [2025] UKICO 350607 (3 June 2025)
The complainant has requested from DVLA information about a vehicle they own, namely whether its vehicle identification number (VIN) and engine number match any of four specified vehicle records listed in their request. DVLA gave a -˜neither confirm nor deny-™ (NCND) response to the complainant, on the basis of sections 40(5A) and 41(2) of FOIA (NCND provisions in the exemptions for personal information and information provided in confidence). During the Commissioner-™s investigation, DVLA relied on two additional NCND provisions -“ sections 31(3) and 40(5B) of FOIA (law enforcement and personal information). The Commissioner finds that DVLA is correct to rely on section 31(3) to NCND whether it holds the requested information; and that DVLA has breached section 17(1)(b), because its refusal notice failed to specify its reliance on section 31(3). The Commissioner doesn-™t require any steps.