Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Department’s publication of spend control approvals data for July to September 2022, what the nature and purpose are of the debt collection services approved for procurement on 27 September 2022.

This relates to a managed service contract run by the Department for Transport’s Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency for a panel of debt collection agencies to collect penalties arising from members of the public who evade their requirements of taxing vehicles.