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DVLA’s top tips for avoiding scams
News story
Tips for motorists on how to recognise and avoid scams, including emails and text messages.
How the Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) changes affect your vehicle.
DVLA annual report and accounts 2023 to 2024
Corporate report
This explains the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s performance, achievements and financial statements for the financial year 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.
DVLA digital service update allows motorists to tax vehicle without log book and tax reminder letter
Press release
Motorists applying for a duplicate V5C (log book) can now tax their vehicle without needing to wait for their log book to arrive.
Motorists can now renew their photocard driving licence and apply for a first provisional licence through their account.
As part of DVLA’s vehicle tax evasion campaign, we joined our wheel-clamping partner, NSL, on the road in the Liverpool and Midlands regions to see how they’re tackling vehicle tax evasion.
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What we do
We’re the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), holding more than 52 million driver records and more than 46 million vehicle records. We collect over £7 billion a year in Vehicle Excise Duty (VED).
DVLA is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Transport.
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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.
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Upper Forest Way
Swansea Vale
Swansea
SA7 0AN
United Kingdom
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- Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request.
- Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question.
- Make a new request by contacting us using the details below.
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Longview Road
Swansea
SA6 7JL
United Kingdom
You can also ask for information that DVLA holds about you by making a subject access request.
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