Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department issues to local authorities on the identification of disability tax exempt vehicles when no tax disc is present, to enable local authorities to continue to provide exemption from parking charges to such vehicles.

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has had extensive liaison with local authorities about the abolition of the tax disc and provided a broad range of information to help inform their customers.

From 1 October the DVLA online vehicle enquiry system will include the taxation class of the vehicle.

A specific email address has been established to deal with any queries from local authorities and a workshop has been organised for 2 July.