Note also the response from the DVLA here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/watchdog/reports/t ... 28st.shtml
In particular:
Quote:
Q: Can you confirm the DVLA charges companies £2.50 for each request?
DVLA does not 'sell' personal information for profit. The fee, which has been set at £2.50 per enquiry, is to cover the administration costs of dealing with requests. If this fee were not charged the cost would have to be met by the taxpayer.
So the call is taken by a recent shcool leaver who's on £6 an hour. It takes 10 minutes, tops, to do the check and relay the results over the phone. Sounds very much like profit-making to me. At the very least it's job creation (just like the SCPs).
A$$-raping the motorist is becoming one of the UK's big growth industries.