HGV Commercial and Non Commercial and RTLC

Summary

The request sought HGV registration and licensing statistics, fee income, and RTLC operational costs and headcount for the Isle of Man between 2018 and 2021. The Department of Infrastructure provided vehicle data but withheld RTLC-specific information because the RTLC is a separate entity under the Freedom of Information Act 2015.

Key Facts

• The Department of Infrastructure does not hold RTLC cost, headcount, or income data as the RTLC handles its own FOI requests.
• Vehicle registration numbers differ significantly from licensed numbers because deregistered vehicles remain on the database until notified.
• Data was provided for HGV categories C, C1, and C+E broken down by commercial and non-commercial status.
• The request covered fiscal years ending 31st March 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021.
• The response included two attached reports detailing licensed and registered vehicle counts.

Data Disclosed

• 2017-2018 Non-Commercial C: 43
• 2017-2018 Commercial C: 402
• 2021 Non-Commercial C1: 1303
• 2021 Commercial C: 1517
• 2021 Commercial C+E: 146
• 31st March 2018
• 31st March 2021
• Schedule 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015
• Item 33

Exemptions Cited

• Information not held by the authority (RTLC is a separate entity listed in Schedule 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015)

Original Request

How many HGV Vehicles were registered on 31st March 2018, 31st March 2019, 31st March 2020 and 31st March, 2021 broken down into the following categories; Group C - Goods Vehicle C1 up to 7.5 tonnes C+E Articulated Vehicles? How many HGV Vehicles were licensed on 31st March 2018, 31st March 2019, 31st March 2020 and 31st, March 2021 broken down into the following categories; Group C - Goods Vehicle C1 up to 7.5 tonnes C+E Articulated Vehicles? How many HGV Vehicles were licensed as commercial on 31st March 2018, 31st March 2019, 31st March 2020 and 31st March, 2021 broken down into the following categories; Group C - Goods Vehicle C1 up to 7.5 tonnes C+E Articulated Vehicles? How many HGV Vehicles were licensed as non-commercial (private) on 31st March 2018, 31st March 2019, 31st March 2020 and 31st March, 2021 broken down into the following categories; Group C - Goods Vehicle C1 up to 7.5 tonnes C+E Articulated Vehicles? What was the total licence fees generated in the 12 months leading up to the 31st March 2018, 31st March 2019, 31st March 2020 and 31st March, 2021 for the vehicles in the above categories - broken down into commercial and non commercial (private)? What were the costs of the RTLC for each of the above periods? What was the RTLC headcount on 31st March 2018 and 31st March 2021? What income did the RTLC generate in relation to Goods Vehicles for the period to 31st March 2019, 31st March 2020 and 31st March 2021?

Data Tables (5)

Full Response Text

Year (Fiscal) Category Is Commercial Registered at The Beginning of the Year and Licensed within the year 2017-2018 C No 43 2017-2018 C1 No 159 2017-2018 C+E No 4 2018-2019 C No 40 2018-2019 C1 No 181 2018-2019 C+E No 3 2019-2020 C No 36 2019-2020 C1 No 192 2019-2020 C+E No 4 2020-2021 C No 40 2020-2021 C1 No 198 2020-2021 C+E No 4 2017-2018 C Yes 402 2017-2018 C1 Yes 262 2017-2018 C+E Yes 46 2018-2019 C Yes 423 2018-2019 C1 Yes 271 2018-2019 C+E Yes 48 2019-2020 C Yes 423 2019-2020 C1 Yes 266 2019-2020 C+E Yes 47 2020-2021 C Yes 435 2020-2021 C1 Yes 247 2020-2021 C+E Yes 47 Category C, C1, C+E

Year Category Is Commercial Reistered at The Beginning of the Year 2018 C No 76 2018 C1 No 1236 2018 C+E No 15 2019 C No 79 2019 C1 No 1268 2019 C+E No 14 2020 C No 81 2020 C1 No 1287 2020 C+E No 14 2021 C No 82 2021 C1 No 1303 2021 C+E No 14 2018 C Yes 1417 2018 C1 Yes 606 2018 C+E Yes 136 2019 C Yes 1452 2019 C1 Yes 625 2019 C+E Yes 136 2020 C Yes 1490 2020 C1 Yes 642 2020 C+E Yes 139 2021 C Yes 1517 2021 C1 Yes 653 2021 C+E Yes 146 Category C, C1, C+E

Department of Infrastructure Sea Terminal Building, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2RF

Contact: FOI Response Team/AD/MF Telephone: (01624) 686785 Email: dpo-doi@gov.im

Our ref: 1802805 24 June 2021

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 20 May 2021 and which states (sic) (numbers added for ease of reference):

"1. How many HGV Vehicles were registered on 31st March 2018, 31st March 2019, 31st March 2020 and 31st March, 2021 broken down into the following categories; Group C - Goods Vehicle C1 up to 7.5 tonnes C+E Articulated Vehicles? How many HGV Vehicles were licensed on 31st March 2018, 31st March 2019, 31st March 2020 and 31st, March 2021 broken down into the following categories; Group C - Goods Vehicle C1 up to 7.5 tonnes C+E Articulated Vehicles? 2. How many HGV Vehicles were licensed as commercial on 31st March 2018, 31st March 2019, 31st March 2020 and 31st March, 2021 broken down into the following categories; Group C - Goods Vehicle C1 up to 7.5 tonnes C+E Articulated Vehicles? How many HGV Vehicles were licensed as non-commercial (private) on 31st March 2018, 31st March 2019, 31st March 2020 and 31st March, 2021 broken down into the following categories; Group C - Goods Vehicle C1 up to 7.5 tonnes C+E Articulated Vehicles? 3. What was the total licence fees generated in the 12 months leading up to the 31st March 2018, 31st March 2019, 31st March 2020 and 31st March, 2021 for the vehicles in the above categories - broken down into commercial and non commercial (private)? 4. What were the costs of the RTLC for each of the above periods? 5. What was the RTLC headcount on 31st March 2018 and 31st March 2021?

6. What income did the RTLC generate in relation to Goods Vehicles for the period to 31st March 2019, 31st March 2020 and 31st March 2021?" While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Department does not hold some of the information that you have requested (questions 4, 5 and 6). This is because the RTLC are listed (item 33) in Schedule 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015 so they deal with their own FOI requests. You may therefore wish to make a new request directly to them. The response to your other questions are as follows. 1. The first report attached at Appendix 1 shows the number of vehicles registered in the categories specified for the dates requested, broken down by commercial and non-commercial. It is to note that the number of vehicles registered is vastly different to the number licensed as the database has a record of all vehicles registered and where the Department is not notified that vehicles are deregistered i.e. scrapped, exported etc. the details of a vehicle remains on the database until such time as we are informed - Appendix 1 - Vehicles licensed 2. The second report attached at Appendix 2 shows the number of vehicles licensed in the categories specified for the dates requested, broken down by commercial and non-commercial - Appendix 2 - Vehicles registered 3. Income received from licence fees for the above categories is not recorded either by separate category or by commercial or non-commercial use, the income is recorded as Goods Vehicles. The income generated for goods vehicles for the above years is: Actual at end March 2021 £ Actual at end March 2020 £ Actual at end March 2019 £ Actual at end March 2018 £ 88,418 99,424 100,847 98,600 Please quote the reference number 1802805 in any future communications.

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Yours sincerely

FOI Response Team