Professional driving of lorries, buses and coaches

Services

Order DVLA forms
Order application packs and forms from DVLA
Check your Driver CPC periodic training hours
Check how many hours of Driver CPC periodic training you’ve done and which courses you’ve attended
Become a qualified lorry or bus driver
How to become a qualified lorry or bus driver and get the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) to drive heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) or passenger carrying vehicles (PCVs)
Apply for a digital tachograph driver smart card
Contact DVLA to get a digital tachograph driver smart card - change, replace, renew a card
Apply for a digital tachograph driver card (D777B/DL)
Application for a digital tachograph driver card for GB photocard driving licences.

Drivers’ hours and tachographs: goods vehicles
Manual
4 October 2016
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Check if you need Driver CPC to drive a lorry, bus or coach
Detailed guide
28 June 2016
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Drivers’ hours and tachographs: buses and coaches
Manual
4 October 2016
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Staying legal: heavy goods vehicle (HGV) drivers
- Promotional
- 25 January 2011
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Understanding EU drivers’ hours and working time rules
- Guidance
- 28 March 2017
- Department for Transport

3 September 2018News story

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency – Research at DVLA
- 17 October 2018
- Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
- Research
Driver CPC qualification and training data
- 16 October 2018
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
- Statistical data set
Longer semi-trailer trial evaluation: annual report 2016
- 21 September 2017
- Department for Transport
- Research
Truck platooning: UK road trial feasibility study
- 25 August 2017
- Department for Transport and Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
- Research
Tachograph and speed limiter centre data for Great Britain
- 17 January 2017
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
- Statistical data set

Improving rules for Approved Tachograph Centres (ATCs) 27 April 2018
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Consultation outcome

Date closed 09 November 2016
Tachographs: implementation of EU regulation 165/2014 14 January 2016
Department for Transport

Consultation outcome

Date closed 12 May 2015
Road fleet compliance measure for DVSA 19 December 2014
Department for Transport and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Closed consultation

Date closed 06 February 2015
Secondary legislation relating to the HGV Road User Levy Act 2013
- 19 December 2013
- Department for Transport
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 07 November 2013
Simplifying EU drivers’ hours and working time rules
- 29 January 2014
- Department for Transport
- Policy paper

Driver CPC compliance training deadline information
- 19 May 2014
- Closed organisation: Driving Standards Agency
- Foi release
Total government revenue generated as a result of Driver CPC and the amount spent advertising it
- 19 May 2014
- Closed organisation: Driving Standards Agency
- Foi release
Number of audits by DSA and JAUPT about Driver CPC periodic training
- 15 May 2014
- Closed organisation: Driving Standards Agency
- Foi release
VOSA response to driver qualification card questions (F0005335)
- 19 November 2013
- Closed organisation: Vehicle and Operator Services Agency
- Foi release
Driver CPC: course uploads and bus drivers still to finish periodic training
- 15 November 2013
- Closed organisation: Driving Standards Agency
- Foi release

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