Lemoncake said "If the CAA are able to make this information available to the general public, I assume the DVLA could do the same with car reg numbers. Imagine the uproar that this would cause."
It all depends on whether or not DVLA has a legal obligation to make this data available to anyone who asks. The CAA does have this obligation so it makes it available.
[This message has been edited by dde0apb (edited 16 May 2001).]