We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
Check a vehicle's details, tax and SORN status and expiry dates on the Driver Vehicle and Licensing Agency (DVLA) database - online and telephone enquiries
Tables showing the rates for vehicle tax for different types of vehicle.
You need to pay tax when the vehicle is first registered, this covers the…
The rate of vehicle tax is based on fuel type and CO2 emissions. CO2…
The rate of vehicle tax is based on engine size. Private or light goods…
The rate of vehicle tax is based on the vehicle’s revenue weight (also…
Light goods vehicles (TC39) Registered on or after 1 March 2001 and not…
Driving licence categories - entitlements on your licence and what vehicles you can drive - cars, motorcycles, mopeds, medium and large lorries, minibuses and buses.
The rules for child car seats and booster seats - height, weight, age, type of vehicle, car, minibus, licensed taxi
A limit of 30 miles per hour or 48 kilometres per hour usually applies to all traffic on all roads with street lighting
Explanations of the different terms you might see on your driving licence
Updating your V5C registration certificate (log book) if you make changes to your vehicle
Codes that DVLA places on your driving licence, and their explanations
Weights and measures - find out the law on trading standards for packaging and selling products
Resources to support the commissioning and delivery of tier 2 behavioural weight management services for children, families and adults.
Towing trailers, caravans and horseboxes with a car, including the weight and size limits, and what licence you need to have
Report you’ve changed a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) or trailer chassis, weight, tyres or brakes (a ‘notifiable alteration’) or change the weight you can carry.
Send test and certificate forms using the technical application submission (TAS) service, including first time tests, notifiable alterations and replacing plating or test documents
When you need an MOT for your vehicle, what it costs, what happens if your vehicle fails, and how to get mistakes on the MOT certificate fixed.
What you need to do to ride a motorcycle, moped or motor tricycle - tests and training, minimum ages, vehicle requirements, new licence rules
Change the amount of vehicle tax you pay when you change your vehicle's engine size, fuel type, or if it becomes exempt from vehicle tax.
Renewal application form for verified gross mass of containers
Information on cryptosporidium including sources and routes of transmission, symptoms, and general hygiene advice to minimise the spread.
Apply to be a transport manager for vans or cars and trailers: what you’ll need to apply, who can apply, what happens after you apply.
Resources for business.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab).