Mrs Claire Glave

Support to the Senior Traffic Commissioner

STC Secretariat

Office of the Traffic Commissioner

Floor 3, Wing 2

Hillcrest House

386 Harehills Lane

Leeds

LS9 6NF

Direct Line: 0113 202 6075

Mobile: 07980 810 315

Fax: 0113 235 9225

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Our Ref: 076/STC

21 June 2010

Christopher Walton

Via email

Dear Mr Walton,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000

I refer to your request for information regarding the surrendering of operator licences. Your request was received on 3 June 2010 by the STC Secretariat. Initially it was thought that the request should be dealt with by VOSA’s Information Access Team, but having reviewed the request it appears that it does fall under the remit of the Traffic Commissioners.

The information you have requested is published in the Traffic Commissioners’ Annual Reports, which are available from the following website: Section 21 of the above Act (Information accessible to applicant by other means), has therefore been applied.

The Traffic Commissioners’ 2009-10 report should be published in autumn this year and will also be available on the Department for Transport’s website. Section 22 of the above Act (Information intended for future publication) has therefore been applied.

Details of the surrendering of operator licences are also available in ‘Applications and Decisions’ and ‘Notices and Proceedings’, which are published fortnightly. These publications are available on the following website:

If you are unhappy with the way the STC Secretariat has handled your request or with the decisions made in relation to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, you may request a review by writing to the STC Secretariat at the above address or by email to . Please see the attached details of the review procedure and your right to appeal to the Information Commissioner.from [department] you may ask for an internal review. You should contact [name of official and address] if you wish to complain

If you have any queries about this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Yours sincerely

Claire Glave

Support to the Senior Traffic Commissioner

Your right to request a review of a decision

If you are not satisfied with the way in which the STC Secretariat has handled your request, with the fee that has been charged, or with the reasons given for refusing to provide information, you have the right to request a review. To request a review, please contact the STC Secretariat at the following address:

STC Secretariat

Office of the Traffic Commissioner

Floor 3, Wing 2,

Hillcrest House

386 Harehills Lane

Leeds

LS9 6NF

or by email at

giving the reasons for your dissatisfaction. If you are not content with the outcome of the review, you may lodge an appeal with the Information Commissioner ( The Information Commissioner is an independent official appointed by the Crown to oversee the Data Protection Act 1998, Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

The Information Commissioner can consider complaints about any aspect of the way in which requests for information have been handled. Please note: the Information Commissioner would be unlikely to consider your complaint if you have not first requested a review.

You can write to the Information Commissioner at:

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

or via the Information Commissioner’s website at