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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News story

New DVLA campaign highlights consequences for drivers who evade vehicle tax

DVLA has launched a new advertising campaign in 11 areas around the country targeting drivers who haven’t taxed their vehicles.

Doctor

Press release

New guidelines will make testing requirements simpler for drivers with insulin treated diabetes

Drivers who treat their diabetes with insulin will have greater choice in how they test their glucose levels under new guidelines published today by the DVLA.

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Press release

7 tips for motorists to stay safe online

With new online scams cropping up all the time, motorists have increasingly become a target for fraudsters. DVLA has revealed their contact centre received 1,275 reports regarding suspected vehicle tax scams during the last 3 months of 2018.

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.

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Detailed guide

Prepare to drive in the EU after Brexit

What all drivers from the UK may need to do to drive in the EU and EEA when the UK leaves the EU on 29 March 2019.

Latest from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

  1. Continued EU access for UK airlines, hauliers and bus and coach operators agreed
    • News story
  2. Vehicle tax rates (V149 and V149/1)
    • Guidance
  3. Prepare to drive in the EU after Brexit: lorry and goods vehicle drivers
    • Detailed guide

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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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News and communications

  1. Continued EU access for UK airlines, hauliers and bus and coach operators agreed
    • News story
  2. New DVLA campaign highlights consequences for drivers who evade vehicle tax
    • News story
  3. See all news and communications

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. Vehicle tax rates (V149 and V149/1)
    • Guidance
  2. Prepare to drive in the EU after Brexit: lorry and goods vehicle drivers
    • Detailed guide
  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

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Swansea
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