Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

  1. Tax your vehicle
  2. Make a SORN
  3. Sold or bought a vehicle
  4. Check if a vehicle is taxed and has an MOT
  5. View or share your driving licence
  6. Get vehicle information from DVLA
  7. Driving licences
  8. Tell DVLA you've changed address
  9. Health and medical conditions
  10. Log books (V5C) and number plates

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DVLA representatives meet with some of the team at Tŷ Olwen

Press release

Tŷ Olwen chosen as DVLA’s Charity of Choice as fundraising reaches a quarter of a million

DVLA staff are gearing up for another jam-packed year of fundraising.

Goodbye GSi

News story

Goodbye GSi: DVLA email addresses are changing

The Government Secure Intranet (GSi) network is being phased out across government. DVLA will remove ‘.gsi’ from email addresses from Friday 16 November 2018.

DVLA Atrium block

News story

Come and work at DVLA

What will a career in DVLA offer you? Flexible working hours, great on-site facilities and fantastic opportunities to develop your career are just some of the benefits you can expect.

DVLA warns customers to stay safe online

News story

DVLA warns customers to stay safe online

DVLA is reminding customers that the only official place to find our services and information is on GOV.UK. Cyber scams are common so we want to help our customers to spot fraudulent activity.

Image of a director's clapperboard to reflect the fact that DVLA assists production companies for film and TV

Press release

DVLA assists production companies from Hollyoaks to Hollywood

Some TV viewers may have wondered where their favourite soap character got their driving licence or who supplied the number plate on their car.

Latest from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

  1. DVLA Civil Service people survey
    • Corporate report
  2. Registration numbers and you (INF46)
    • Form
  3. Selling a vehicle
    • Answer

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What the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency does

We’re the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), holding over 48 million driver records and over 40 million vehicle records. We collect around £6 billion a year in vehicle excise duty (VED).

DVLA is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Transport.

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Announcements

  1. Tŷ Olwen chosen as DVLA’s Charity of Choice as fundraising reaches a quarter of a million
    • Press release
  2. DVLA staff raise over £50,000 for Maggie’s Swansea
    • Press release
  3. See all announcements

Consultations

  1. Exchange of driving licences issued in the Cayman Islands
    • Consultation outcome
  2. Revised transitional arrangements where rights to vehicle registration numbers held on a certificate have expired
    • Consultation outcome
  3. See all consultations

Publications

  1. DVLA Civil Service people survey
    • Corporate report
  2. Prepare to drive in the EU after Brexit
    • Guidance
  3. See all publications

Statistics

  1. All vehicles (VEH01)
    • Statistical data set
  2. Vehicle licensing statistics: November 2018
    • National statistics
  3. See all statistics

Our management

Julie Lennard
Julie Lennard
Chief Executive
Tony Ackroyd
Operations and Customer Services Director
Lynette Rose
Strategy, Policy & Communications Director
Rachael Cunningham
Finance Director
Andrew Falvey
Commercial Director
Dave Perry
Chief Technology Officer
Louise White
HR and Estates Director
Lesley Cowley OBE
Non-executive Chair
Jeremy Boss
Non-executive board member
Chris Morson
Non-executive board member
Emma West
Non-executive board member

Contact DVLA

How to contact DVLA

Contact Form: How to contact DVLA

Use the link to find the right number, email or address to contact DVLA about vehicle tax and registration, driving licences and drivers’ medical issues.

Events and Conferencing

The Richard Ley Development Centre
Upper Forest Way
Swansea Vale
Swansea
SA7 0AN
United Kingdom

Contact Form: Events and Conferencing

Make an FOI request

  1. Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request.
  2. Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question.
  3. Make a new request by contacting us using the details below.

Freedom of Information requests

If you made a request between 16 November and 11 December 2018 please resubmit your request.
Freedom of Information,
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency,
Longview Road,
Swansea
SA6 7JL
United Kingdom

FOI contact form

Corporate information

Jobs and contracts

  1. Procurement at DVLA
  2. Working for DVLA
  3. Jobs

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