DVLA and DPA question.

[WinstonWolf]

An old guy has lost £180 and it has been handed into the police by a Good Samaritan. The money was to buy a tax disc but the guy had to buy it with alternative funds. The number of the tax disc is known and has been provided to the police but the DVLA refuse to give the police the owners details as a crime has not been committed.

Do any DPA experts know which section of the act would prevent them from helping?

I suspect they're just trying to uphold their reputation as incompetent officious bds


Alternatively if anyone knows an old chap in Spalding who lost the money (unlikely I know) he can be reunited with it via the serial number on the disc.

http://www.spaldingvoice.co.uk/news/cash-found-spa...

[WinstonWolf]

Roo said:

Eh?

Someone lost £180 that was handed in to the police.

No one knows who lost the money except for the DVLA who know it was meant to be used to buy VED which was paid for by other means but won't say who bought it?

If you don't know who lost the money how do you know he was going to buy VED with it?

My OH works in the Post Office where he was going to buy it. The police enquired on the off chance as the money was in a brown DVLA envelope and the staff remember him.

So, back on topic...

I can't see how the DVLA can claim the DPA applies here.

[WinstonWolf]

I thought this would fit the 'reasonable cause' exception. And the police fall into the category 'anyone'.

I'd like to see the old guy reunited with his money

[WinstonWolf]

I'd pay myself and pass the info onto the police if it meant he could be reunited with his money.

[WinstonWolf]

Just to close this off, the old bloke got his money back thanks to an appeal in the local paper