#dvla

[evix7]

più che la distanza a noi ci ha uniti una mancaza.

[seelvaggia]

Non voglio che tu sia il dolore di un altro

non voglio che tu sia l'errore di un altro

non voglio che tu sia la fine di un altro

non voglio che tu sia il ricordo di un altro

a me basta sapere che esisti

non avrò paura di togliermi i vestiti

non vivevo da anni, ho confessioni da farti

non rubarti una parte di me.

[sicknto]

La separazione dei miei genitori fu la mia prima delusione d’amore.

Mi ha reso una persona fin troppo rancorosa.

- Luchè feat. Marracash - Le pietre non volano

[mxactivist]

FOI request, DVLA, on Mx

I recently posted with the results of the freedom of information (FOI) request I made to the UK’s HMRC (government tax department), where I learned that around 7,000 people in the UK use the title Mx on their tax records.

Following that, I did two more FOI requests. One is to the DWP, and that one isn’t yet finished. [Edit 2022-09-07: The DWP have confirmed that no Universal Credit records contain the title Mx, and that the Universal Credit application form does not have Mx available as a title option.]

The other was to the DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency), the department that (among other things) issues driving licenses, and that one is now complete. It’s a snapshot of all records on 25 June 2022, and after tidying up the data a little bit, it looks like this:

Tumblr doesn’t let me do alt text, so people who want to read this table with a screenreader can do so on the Google Sheet here.

So that’s 944 people with the title Mx on their DVLA record in the UK.

[youngtear]

L’album di Luchè è una bomba. 

Ve ne renderete conto tra un po’.

[earhartsease]

hahahhahahhahahaa

a whole year ago I sent forms in to the DVLA (the UK equivalent of the US DMV) to request that my driving licence be restored to me (I surrendered it a few years ago back when my mental health made me feel like an unsafe driver) - today I finally heard from them that they've just written to my last GP (who left a few months ago now) about my case, but to "expect delays due to covid"

hahhahhahahhahhaa

anyway

[grimini]

[lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers]

Grant Shapps faces fury over mass Covid outbreak at DVLA

Minister under fire for ‘shameful’ virus spread as staff told to work on with more than 500 cases at agency in Swansea

Some relevant and pertinent points.

-In September, government agencies were told to bring staff back into the office, regardless of need: https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-four-out-of-five-civil-servants-told-to-return-to-desks-by-october-12064211

-Kwasi Kwarteng claimed on the 10th Jan that government workplaces are “completely safe”.

-The DVLA was using rapid/lateral flow testing to try and detect cases in staff.

Surely forcing people into work when there is no need for them to be physically in the office is in direct contradiction of the government’s own guidelines.