Driving licence applications and renewals

Licence fees and how to apply for, renew, or replace licences.

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Services

• Renew your driving licence

  Apply online to renew your 10-year driving licence, full or provisional - cost, payment methods, documents and information you need

• Apply for your first provisional driving licence

  Apply for your first provisional driving licence from DVLA online to drive a car, motorbike or moped.

• Renew your driving licence if you're 70 or over

  Renew your driving licence online if you're 70 or over. Use form D46P to apply by post

• Replace a lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed driving licence

  Replace your full or provisional driving licence online with DVLA if it's been lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed.

• Track your driving licence application

  Track your driving licence application if you've already made an online application

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Guidance and regulation

• Can I drive while my application is with DVLA? (INF188/6)
  • Promotional
  • 29 August 2023
  • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

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News and communications

• UK-Italy sign agreement on exchange of driving licences
  • 23 December 2022
  • World news story
• New-style driving licences and number plates mark one-year anniversary of Brexit as EU flag is removed
  • 31 January 2021
  • Department for Transport
  • News story
• Government takes further action to support bus and lorry drivers who are keeping the country moving
  • 17 April 2020
  • Department for Transport and Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
  • News story
• New DVLA figures suggest motorists are missing out on millions
  • 27 June 2019
  • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
  • Press release
• Complying with driving licence directive 2006/126/EC
  • 9 January 2015
  • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
  • News story

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Research and statistics

• Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency – Research at DVLA
  • 16 April 2024
  • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
  • Research
• DfI Driver, Vehicle, Operator, and Enforcement Statistics - 2023-24 - Quarter 3
  • 29 March 2024
  • Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
  • National statistics
• DfI Driver, Vehicle, Operator & Enforcement Statistics-2023-24-Q2
  • 15 December 2023
  • Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
  • National statistics
• DfI Driver, Vehicle, Operator & Enforcement Statistics-2023-24-Q1
  • 29 September 2023
  • Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
  • National statistics
• DfI Driver Vehicle Operator & Enforc Statistics 2022-23 Q4 Final
  • 7 July 2023
  • Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
  • National statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

• Amending the Road Traffic Act 1988 to allow registered healthcare professionals to complete DVLA medical questionnaires
  • 12 May 2022
  • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and Department for Transport
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 06 December 2021
• Future of vehicle registration and licensing services in Northern Ireland
  • 29 July 2014
  • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 11 September 2013
• New tax checks for licence renewal applications in Scotland and Northern Ireland
  • 20 July 2022
  • HM Revenue & Customs
  • Policy paper
• New tax checks on licence renewal applications in England and Wales
  • 3 March 2021
  • HM Revenue & Customs
  • Policy paper
• New tax checks on licence renewal applications
  • 21 July 2020
  • HM Revenue & Customs
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Number of applications classed as lost internally by DVLA
  • 2 February 2016
  • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
  • Foi release
• Number of new driving licence applications in the last 3 years
  • 1 December 2015
  • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
  • Foi release
• The number of Driving Licences issued, First Applications and Renewals in 2012/13
  • 12 March 2015
  • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
  • Foi release
• The number of first provisional driving licences issued in September, October and November 2014
  • 11 March 2015
  • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
  • Foi release
• Driving licence applications received each from 1993 to 2014
  • 12 November 2014
  • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
  • Foi release

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Organisations

• Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
• Department for Transport
• HM Revenue & Customs
• Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency