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Written Question
Motor Vehicles: Registration
Thursday 21st March 2024

Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many statutory off-road notifications were received by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in 2023.

Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) received 2,912,375 statutory off-road notifications in 2023.


Written Question
Motor Vehicles: Registration
Monday 15th January 2024

Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many V62 application forms were received by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority in 2023; and what the average waiting time was for approving those applications.

Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The table below shows the total number and average waiting time of manual and digital applications processed in 2023.

Manual applications

Digital applications

Total number processed

Average processing time (in working days)

Total number processed

Average processing time

V5C Vehicle Registration Certificate

2,541,989

4

14,497,650 These transactions are not available separately

The average waiting time to process digital applications is not readily available but is typically one day if the transaction is successful and casework or medical enquiries are not required.

V62 Application for a Vehicle Registration Certificate

1,499,893

9

V890 Statutory Off Road Notification

62,769

1

2,381,559

V317 Application to keep/transfer a vehicle registration number

115,168

4

1,002,687

D1 – non medical Application for a driving licence

1,716,073

6

7,622,328

D2 – non medical Application for lorry, bus or minibus driving licence

284,980

5

62,982

D1 - medical Application for a driving licence

309,395

63

55,802

D2 - medical Application for lorry, bus or minibus driving licence

90,273

55

This service is not offered online

D777B Application for a driver digital tachograph card

22,488

3

159,888

For the figures above, the mode average has been used to calculate the number of average processing days.


Written Question
Motor Vehicles: Registration
Monday 15th January 2024

Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many V317 application forms were received by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority in 2023; and what the average waiting time was for approving those applications.

Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The table below shows the total number and average waiting time of manual and digital applications processed in 2023.

Manual applications

Digital applications

Total number processed

Average processing time (in working days)

Total number processed

Average processing time

V5C Vehicle Registration Certificate

2,541,989

4

14,497,650 These transactions are not available separately

The average waiting time to process digital applications is not readily available but is typically one day if the transaction is successful and casework or medical enquiries are not required.

V62 Application for a Vehicle Registration Certificate

1,499,893

9

V890 Statutory Off Road Notification

62,769

1

2,381,559

V317 Application to keep/transfer a vehicle registration number

115,168

4

1,002,687

D1 – non medical Application for a driving licence

1,716,073

6

7,622,328

D2 – non medical Application for lorry, bus or minibus driving licence

284,980

5

62,982

D1 - medical Application for a driving licence

309,395

63

55,802

D2 - medical Application for lorry, bus or minibus driving licence

90,273

55

This service is not offered online

D777B Application for a driver digital tachograph card

22,488

3

159,888

For the figures above, the mode average has been used to calculate the number of average processing days.


Written Question
Motor Vehicles: Registration
Monday 15th January 2024

Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many V5C application forms were received by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority in 2023; and what the average waiting time was for approving those applications.

Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The table below shows the total number and average waiting time of manual and digital applications processed in 2023.

Manual applications

Digital applications

Total number processed

Average processing time (in working days)

Total number processed

Average processing time

V5C Vehicle Registration Certificate

2,541,989

4

14,497,650 These transactions are not available separately

The average waiting time to process digital applications is not readily available but is typically one day if the transaction is successful and casework or medical enquiries are not required.

V62 Application for a Vehicle Registration Certificate

1,499,893

9

V890 Statutory Off Road Notification

62,769

1

2,381,559

V317 Application to keep/transfer a vehicle registration number

115,168

4

1,002,687

D1 – non medical Application for a driving licence

1,716,073

6

7,622,328

D2 – non medical Application for lorry, bus or minibus driving licence

284,980

5

62,982

D1 - medical Application for a driving licence

309,395

63

55,802

D2 - medical Application for lorry, bus or minibus driving licence

90,273

55

This service is not offered online

D777B Application for a driver digital tachograph card

22,488

3

159,888

For the figures above, the mode average has been used to calculate the number of average processing days.


Written Question
Motor Vehicles: Registration
Monday 15th January 2024

Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many V890 application forms were received by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority in 2023; and what the average waiting time was for approving those applications.

Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The table below shows the total number and average waiting time of manual and digital applications processed in 2023.

Manual applications

Digital applications

Total number processed

Average processing time (in working days)

Total number processed

Average processing time

V5C Vehicle Registration Certificate

2,541,989

4

14,497,650 These transactions are not available separately

The average waiting time to process digital applications is not readily available but is typically one day if the transaction is successful and casework or medical enquiries are not required.

V62 Application for a Vehicle Registration Certificate

1,499,893

9

V890 Statutory Off Road Notification

62,769

1

2,381,559

V317 Application to keep/transfer a vehicle registration number

115,168

4

1,002,687

D1 – non medical Application for a driving licence

1,716,073

6

7,622,328

D2 – non medical Application for lorry, bus or minibus driving licence

284,980

5

62,982

D1 - medical Application for a driving licence

309,395

63

55,802

D2 - medical Application for lorry, bus or minibus driving licence

90,273

55

This service is not offered online

D777B Application for a driver digital tachograph card

22,488

3

159,888

For the figures above, the mode average has been used to calculate the number of average processing days.


Written Question
Motor Vehicles: Registration
Monday 11th September 2023

Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Wood Green)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to tackle vehicle registration fraud.

Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)

It is an offence to provide the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) with false or misleading information. The DVLA requires proof of name of address as part of the application process for the first registration of vehicles and there is a legal obligation on vehicles’ keepers to notify the DVLA of certain subsequent changes to the vehicle (including a change of keeper).

Unfortunately, there will always be a small percentage of individuals who, for whatever reason, will not comply with their legal obligation to provide correct information. The DVLA works with key stakeholders to identify and prevent vehicle fraud. In the event of fraud, the DVLA actively gathers information and intelligence regarding illegal and improper conduct and will follow up any notifications of fraudulent activity with the relevant authorities.


Written Question
Motor Vehicles: Taxation
Thursday 29th June 2023

Asked by: Paula Barker (Labour - Liverpool, Wavertree)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of charging tax on (a) scooters and (b) other smaller petrol motor vehicles.

Answered by Gareth Davies - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) is a tax on mechanically propelled vehicles kept or used on public roads. This includes petrol cars and motorcycles.

Rates for cars can vary based on date of first registration, engine size and emissions. Rates for motorcycles can vary based on engine size. For the purposes of VED, a motorcycle is defined as a motorbicycle or motortricycle that does not exceed 450kg unladen and therefore includes some vehicles that are commonly referred to as ‘scooters’.

Currently petrol cars, first registered between March 2001 and March 2017 and with emissions of less than 100g/km CO2 as well as all electrically propelled vehicles are exempt from VED.

At Autumn Statement 2022 the Chancellor announced that from 1 April 2025 all electric cars, vans and motorcycles would pay VED in the same way as petrol and diesel equivalents. This will mean that all cars, vans and motorcycles will pay VED unless otherwise exempt.

As with all taxes, VED is kept under review and any changes are considered and announced by the Chancellor.


Written Question
Motor Vehicles: Registration
Tuesday 7th March 2023

Asked by: Baroness Harris of Richmond (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to enable Ukrainian refugees to more easily register personal vehicles with the DVLA for tax and insurance purposes.

Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)

The Department continues to explore options for how Ukrainian communities can be supported in the UK. To support the registration of Ukrainian vehicles, officials within the DfT are working across Whitehall to identify any other potential actions within existing legislative frameworks and will look to utilise these as appropriate.


Written Question
Motor Vehicles: Registration
Monday 6th March 2023

Asked by: David Warburton (Independent - Somerton and Frome)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to help ensure that changes to the registered details of vehicles are processed swiftly.

Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)

The quickest and easiest way to notify changes to vehicle registration details is by using the DVLA’s online service. However, all DVLA vehicle services are operating within normal turnaround times and without delay.


Written Question
Motor Vehicles: Registration
Monday 6th February 2023

Asked by: Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2023 to Question 122413 on Motor Vehicles: Registration, what the dedicated resource is that his Department has assigned to help Ukrainian refugees who need to register their vehicle; whether the dedicated resource can be used to help obtain certificates of conformity; and how the dedicated resource can be accessed.

Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)

Additional dedicated Department for Transport (DfT) personnel have been assigned to support Ukrainians who wish to register their vehicle, and the DfT has recently published detailed guidance to clearly outline the process. The dedicated resource can be accessed by contacting DVLA, DVSA or VCA as appropriate depending on the nature of the enquiry and as outlined in the guidance. As a Certificate of Conformity is issued by the manufacturer, a vehicle owner must make this request direct to the manufacturer. If a Ukrainian has a question regarding certificates they can contact the VCA for assistance.