Cherished vehicle registrations

Original Request

How many vehicles in use by the Isle of Man Fire & Rescue Service have vehicle registrations containing "999"? What is the current value of each of those individual vehicle registration numbers (as per the DOI's current price structure) if it were available for sale? What costs have been incurred when transferring the above vehicle registration numbers between vehicles over the last 10 years? Why does the IOMFRS keep those registration numbers and not release them to be sold by DOI?

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Full Response Text

Freedom of Information Coordinator DHA Headquarters Tromode Road, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM2 5AP

Telephone: (01624) 687017 Web address: www.gov.im/dha
Email: DPO-DHA@dha.gov.im

Our ref: 4066713 22 August 2024

Dear ###

We write further to your request, received 16 August 2024, which states:

[1] "How many vehicles in use by the Isle of Man Fire & Rescue Service have vehicle registrations containing "999"?

[2] What is the current value of each of those individual vehicle registration numbers (as per the DOI's current price structure) if it were available for sale?

[3] What costs have been incurred when transferring the above vehicle registration numbers between vehicles over the last 10 years?

[4] Why does the IOMFRS keep those registration numbers and not release them to be sold by DOI?"

Numbers have been allocated to the questions in your request for ease of reference. While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Department of Home Affairs (“DHA”) does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find some of the information that you have requested.
I have detailed below the information that is held.

[1] "How many vehicles in use by the Isle of Man Fire & Rescue Service have vehicle registrations containing "999"?

Answer (held): 36

[2] What is the current value of each of those individual vehicle registration numbers (as per the DOI's current price structure) if it were available for sale?

Answer (not held): In line with the DHA’s duty to provide advice and assistance, please see the below list of the Isle of Man Fire and Rescue Service’s vehicles with “999” in the registration number. The value of each of the below individual registration numbers, if they were available for sale, is not held by the DHA. You may wish to refer

to the Department of Infrastructure’s (“DOI”) Vehicle and Driving Licensing Office via the details on this website: https://www.gov.im/categories/travel-traffic-and- motoring/drivers-and-vehicles/vehicle-registration-and-licensing/cherished-registration- numbers/

1. NMN999V
2. GMN999D
3. FMN999
4. 999EMN
5. JMN999
6. 999WMN
7. 999PMN
8. OMN999
9. 999UMN
10. 999LMN
11. TMN999
12. 999CMN
13. BMN999P
14. CMN999D
15. KMN999
16. NMN999
17. 999GMN
18. BMN999L
19. HMN999
20. BMN999T
21. PMN999
22. XMN999
23. MAN999U
24. MAN999B
25. WMN999
26. BMN999R
27. 999MMN
28. CMN999E
29. BMN999A
30. BMN999U
31. EMN999
32. BMN999W
33. 999NMN
34. 999YMN
35. GMN999
36. VMN999

[3] What costs have been incurred when transferring the above vehicle registration numbers between vehicles over the last 10 years?

Answer (not held): The Isle of Man Fire and Rescue Service does not deal with the transfer of registration numbers between vehicles. In line with the DHA’s duty to

provide advice and assistance, you may wish to refer to the DOI’s Vehicle and Driving Licensing Office via the details on this website: https://www.gov.im/categories/travel- traffic-and-motoring/drivers-and-vehicles/vehicle-registration-and-licensing/cherished- registration-numbers/ by submitting a general query or submitting a Freedom of Information Request to the DOI.

[4] Why does the IOMFRS keep those registration numbers and not release them to be sold by DOI?"

Answer (not held): The Isle of Man Fire and Rescue Service does not hold this information. In line with the DHA’s duty to provide advice and assistance, the DOI manage:

(a) the registration of the Isle of Man Fire and Rescue Service’s new vehicles; and
(b) the process of re-assigning registration between current and replacement vehicles.

Therefore, you may wish to refer to the DOI’s Vehicle and Driving Licensing Office via the details on this website: https://www.gov.im/categories/travel-traffic-and- motoring/drivers-and-vehicles/vehicle-registration-and-licensing/cherished-registration- numbers/ by submitting a general query or submitting a Freedom of Information Request to the DOI.

Please quote the reference number 4066713 in any future communications.

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