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You could get penalty points (endorsements) on your driving record if you're convicted of a motoring offence
The courts can fine you and ‘endorse’ your driving record with penalty…
Each endorsement has a special code and is given ‘penalty points’ on a…
Endorsements stay on your driving record for 4 or 11 years depending on…
Your licence will be cancelled (revoked) if you get 6 or more points…
If you get a fixed penalty notice for a motoring offence, you do not need…
Most expired endorsements will automatically be removed from your driving…
View your driving licence record to see what penalty points you have and…
How the Operator Compliance Risk Score (OCRS) system works and how vehicle operators should use it.
For end-point assessment organisations to record assessment grades for apprenticeship standards using our API
Find out what information DVLA holds about your driving licence or create a check code to share your driving record, for example to hire a car
Check someone's driving record - vehicles they can drive, penalty points and disqualifications
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for hedgerows.
When to tell a potential employer, university, college or insurance company about a criminal record, when it becomes 'spent' and what shows up on a DBS check.
How to request a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for a potential employee: types of DBS check, how to request a check, how much it costs, how long it takes.
Check how many hours of Driver CPC periodic training you’ve done and which courses you’ve attended.
Information for learners and parents about their personal learning record and unique learner number
Find out the general rules for the Point of Sale Retail Scheme, how the scheme works, records you must keep and how to work out your VAT.
Find a property's energy certificate including an energy performance certificate (EPC), display energy certificate (DEC) or air conditioning inspection certificate.
Who can get National Insurance credits and how to apply or when to pay voluntary National Insurance contributions.
How to charge VAT, calculate VAT, VAT rates, reclaim VAT on business expenses, keep digital records.
Find out how you could do the SFI action for moorland.
You must make sure that anyone you employ to drive a vehicle has the right licence and qualifications - tachographs, lorry, bus, coach, minibus
Who can check your criminal record for a role, the application process and how to recognise a genuine certificate.
Find out what records you must keep about trusts for tax purposes, who can access your information, and what to do if your records are lost or destroyed.
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