Vans and minibuses

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Driving a minibus

Find out if you can drive a minibus and what licence you need - when you need to have a PCV D1 category licence

Driving a van
- Detailed guide
- 10 June 2025
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Carry out van daily walkaround checks
- Detailed guide
- 8 October 2013
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Seat belts in minibuses, coaches and other buses
- Guidance
- 1 May 2010
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and Department for Transport
Transport goods in Europe in vans or car and trailers
- Detailed guide
- 21 May 2025
- Department for Transport, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, and Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) inspection manual: vans and light goods vehicles
- Guidance
- 14 July 2025
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Plug-in car, van and truck grant to be targeted at more affordable models to allow more people to make the switch
- 18 March 2021
- Department for Transport and Office for Zero Emission Vehicles
- News story
Older tyre ban in bid to improve road safety
- 23 June 2019
- Department for Transport and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
- News story
Updates to driving licences to include alternatively fuelled vans
- 29 April 2019
- Department for Transport
- News story
Consulting on options to ban old tyres
- 27 February 2019
- Department for Transport, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, and Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
- Written statement
Government to consult on ban on 10-year-old tyres to boost road safety
- 26 February 2019
- Department for Transport and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
- News story

Vehicles and drivers tables index
- 15 May 2024
- Department for Transport and Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
- Statistical data set
Van statistics: 2019 to 2020
- 15 April 2021
- Department for Transport
- Official statistics
Provisional van statistics: 2019 to 2020
- 10 September 2020
- Department for Transport
- Official statistics
Vehicle licensing statistics: 2019
- 30 April 2020
- Department for Transport and Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
- National statistics

Ending the sale of new, non-zero emission buses, coaches and minibuses
- 9 July 2025
- Department for Transport and Office for Zero Emission Vehicles
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 21 May 2022
Consulting on ending the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars and vans
- 14 July 2021
- Department for Transport and Office for Zero Emission Vehicles
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 31 July 2020
Banning tyres aged 10 years and older
- 15 July 2020
- Department for Transport and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 01 September 2019

Community transport minibus fund: successful bidders
- 10 April 2017
- Department for Transport
- Transparency