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How to get your full driving licence once you've passed your driving test - driving test certificate, photocard, provisional, paper licences
Fees to renew, exchange or amend your full or provisional driving licence - or to get a duplicate if yours has been lost, stolen or damaged
Request details about a vehicle's registered keeper: bulk data, anonymised data, mileage data requests, other information requests
What you need to do before you can drive a car or ride a motorcycle - driving licence, registering your vehicle, insurance, vehicle tax, MOT
Check fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and vehicle tax bands by make model and registration
Exchange your paper driving licence for a new photocard licence online.
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.
You may not have to pay vehicle tax if you’re a driver with a disability
Who can teach you to drive, practising with friends and family, driving lessons, insurance, using L and P plates.
Taking the approved driving instructor (ADI) part 2 test - what you need to bring and what happens during the test.
Use this tool to see if you can drive in Great Britain with your non-GB driving licence
You may need to tell DVLA if you have diabetes, depending on the treatment you're getting
Vehicle tax exemptions and MOT exemptions for vehicles built or first registered before 1984.
Use the online tool to find the tax rate for new unregistered cars
The legal alcohol limits for drivers in the UK - microgrammes, milligrammes
Buy a vehicle - how to check you’re not buying a stolen vehicle. Registering, taxing and insuring your vehicle.
When to take motorcycle or moped compulsory basic training (CBT): who needs to take it, how to book the course, and what's involved in the training
Contact a local council to challenge a parking fine or parking ticket - if it’s a penalty charge notice (PCN)
When to book your motorcycle theory test, what to take with you, how the multiple-choice questions and hazard perception test work, and the pass mark
Book your approved driving instructor (ADI) or become a DVSA enhanced rider scheme trainer.
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