Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost of establishing the My Licence service; and what estimate he has made of the annual administrative costs of that service.

The My Licence service provides the insurance industry with validated driver data from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) to help them calculate motor insurance premiums. This service was developed alongside the DVLA’s award-winning View Driving Licence service, which allows individual drivers to access their own record, and the development costs are combined. These services were developed together on a new strategic enquiry platform built on the same infrastructure. This allows the DVLA to develop future enquiry services on the same platform.

The end of year forecast for these services is £9.1m. This is a saving of £15m on the original forecast of £24.1m. The estimated annual cost for support and maintenance is £2m, excluding VAT.