Transport

Aviation, roads, rail, maritime, driving, freight, public transport, safety, environment and transport accessibility.

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Services

1. Check the MOT history of a vehicle

   Check the MOT history of a vehicle from 2005 onwards, including if it passed or failed, its mileage and why it failed

2. Tax your vehicle

   Renew or tax your vehicle for the first time using a reminder letter, your log book, the 'new keeper's details' section of a log book - and how to tax if you do not have any documents

3. Check if a vehicle is taxed

   Check and report if a vehicle has up-to-date vehicle tax or is 'off road' (SORN)

4. View or share your driving licence information

   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

5. Check the MOT status of a vehicle

   Find out the MOT test status of a vehicle - check the date of the MOT test, the odometer reading (mileage) and the expiry date of an MOT test pass

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Guidance and regulation

1. Passenger travel to the EU by air, rail or sea after Brexit
   • Detailed guide
   • 20 December 2018
   • Department for Transport
2. International driving permits for UK drivers from 28 March 2019
   • Detailed guide
   • 14 January 2019
   • Department for Transport and Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
3. 'Show me, tell me' questions: car driving test
   • Guidance
   • 4 December 2017
   • Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
4. The Highway Code
   • Manual
   • 30 November 2018
   • Department for Transport
5. Vehicle tax rates (V149 and V149/1)
   • Guidance
   • 10 January 2019
   • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

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News and communications

18 January 2019 — Press release

HS2 unearths new opportunities for trainee archaeologists

High Speed Two (HS2) Limited

1. Derailment at Doncaster
   • 17 January 2019
   • Rail Accident Investigation Branch
   • News story
2. G Quinn International UK Limited and Paul Sinclair
   • 16 January 2019
   • Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
   • Decision
3. Jones Metcalfe Ltd T/A Express Freight Solutions, James John Blackburn, and Mark Dean Jones
   • 16 January 2019
   • Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
   • Decision
4. CEG Packaging Limited
   • 16 January 2019
   • Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
   • Decision

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Research and statistics

1. Heavy rail fleet accessibility compliance: Beacon Rail Leasing Ltd Class 313/2
   • 17 January 2019
   • Department for Transport
   • Research
2. Heavy rail fleet accessibility compliance: all owners Class 158
   • 17 January 2019
   • Department for Transport
   • Research
3. All vehicles (VEH01)
   • 10 January 2019
   • Department for Transport and Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
   • Statistical data set
4. Vehicle licensing statistics: November 2018
   • 10 January 2019
   • Department for Transport and Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
   • National statistics
5. Road condition statistics: data tables (RDC)
   • 10 January 2019
   • Department for Transport
   • Statistical data set

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Policy papers and consultations

1. A new MGN on media, other organisations and persons on ships and fishing vessels
   • 16 January 2019
   • Maritime and Coastguard Agency
   • Open consultation
   • Closing date 15 February 2019
2. Consultation on the Merchant Shipping (Safety of Navigation) Regulations
   • 16 January 2019
   • Maritime and Coastguard Agency
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 20 November 2018
3. Train services delay attribution review: scoping stage
   • 15 January 2019
   • Office of Rail and Road
   • Open consultation
   • Closing date 29 March 2019
4. Government response to future of drones in the UK consultation
   • 18 January 2019
   • Department for Transport
   • Policy paper
5. Oxbotica: AI firm develops ‘brain’ for autonomous vehicles
   • 15 January 2019
   • Innovate UK, UK Research and Innovation, and Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
   • Case study

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. A14 Orwell Bridge – aerodynamic study
   • 18 January 2019
   • Highways England
   • Foi release
2. M40 junctions 11 to 12
   • 18 January 2019
   • Highways England
   • Foi release
3. Roadkill data 2017 to 2018
   • 18 January 2019
   • Highways England
   • Foi release
4. HS2 Phase One planning forum: Highways Subgroup resources 2018
   • 17 January 2019
   • High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
   • Transparency
5. HS2 Phase One planning forum: Highways Subgroup resources 2017
   • 17 January 2019
   • High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
   • Transparency

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Organisations

1. Department for Transport
2. Maritime & Coastguard Agency
3. Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
4. Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
5. Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain

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1. Marine Management Organisation
2. Office for Low Emission Vehicles
3. HM Revenue & Customs
4. HM Treasury
5. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
6. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
7. Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
8. Home Office
9. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
10. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
11. Ministry of Defence
12. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
13. Government Office for Science
14. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
15. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
16. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
17. Border Force
18. Defence and Security Accelerator
19. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
20. Civil Nuclear Police Authority
21. UK Visas and Immigration
22. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
23. Cabinet Office
24. Department for Work & Pensions
25. Ministry of Justice
26. Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
27. Department for International Trade
28. Infrastructure and Projects Authority
29. Northern Ireland Office
30. Defence Safety Authority
31. Department for Education
32. Department for International Development
33. Department of Health & Social Care
34. Immigration Enforcement
35. Office of the Leader of the House of Lords
36. UK Export Finance

1. Air Accidents Investigation Branch
2. Marine Accident Investigation Branch
3. Highways England
4. High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
5. Rail Accident Investigation Branch
6. UK Space Agency
7. Innovate UK
8. Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee
9. Environment Agency
10. Military Aviation Authority
11. Regulatory Policy Committee
12. DfT OLR Holdings Limited
13. HM Land Registry
14. Competition and Markets Authority
15. Forensic Science Regulator
16. UK Hydrographic Office
17. Low Pay Commission
18. National Counter Terrorism Security Office
19. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
20. Youth Justice Board for England and Wales