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An overview of the process including submitting or fast tracking an application, naming your medicine and paying fees.
Use this service to view and share your licence information and to submit abstraction returns. Find out about water abstraction alerts.
How to license a medicine for sale in the UK, including national and international routes, and information on fees.
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
A new pathway supporting innovative approaches to the safe, timely and efficient development of medicines to improve patient access.
Information on the different types of alcohol licences available and guidance on how to apply for them.
What you must do if you wish to use our Licence Management service.
Change the name, title or gender on your driving licence by completing form D1 and sending it with your licence and supporting documents to DVLA.
Check someone's driving record - vehicles they can drive, penalty points and disqualifications
Reapply for a driving licence if your licence was taken away (revoked) or if you surrendered your licence following a medical condition
Guidance for copyright owners on how to grant a licence for, sell or market their work.
Information on the reporting, investigation and management of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) and acute flaccid myelitis (AFM).
Information for prospective growers of low THC cannabis (industrial hemp), for the production of seed and fibre only.
How to give up your driving licence - age, medical condition, standards of fitness, declaration of voluntary surrender
Codes that DVLA places on your driving licence, and their explanations
How to get your full driving licence once you've passed your driving test - driving test certificate, photocard, provisional, paper licences
How to reapply for your driving licence, full or provisional, if you've been disqualified for drink driving or other offences.
You may be able to get provisional entitlement to higher category vehicles, and automatic entitlement to lower categories if you pass a higher category driving test.
Driving licence categories - entitlements on your licence and what vehicles you can drive - cars, motorcycles, mopeds, medium and large lorries, minibuses and buses.
Driving licence exchange and rules for drivers living in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland.
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