Blog Inside DVLA

A year ago we said goodbye to the paper counterpart of the photocard driving licence and hello to the service that does it all. Now, in one place you can view or share your driving licence and check a driving licence. Getting rid of the paper …

Talking to Dudley Ashford, DVLA's Drivers Service manager

Last week, we introduced our Corporate Service Manager, Hugh Evans after telling you how we’ve changed the way we work at DVLA . We’ve now caught up with Dudley Ashford to discuss his role as DVLA’s Drivers Service manager. Hi …

It’s gone!

Posted by: Melinda Greenacre, Posted on: 8 June 2015 - Categories: Abolition of the counterpart

As part of the government’s Red Tape Challenge initiative to remove unnecessary burden, DVLA will no longer issue the paper counterpart to the photocard driving licence. This means that from today, existing paper counterparts will no longer be valid and …

Final stakeholder webchat before abolition of the counterpart

We’re hosting this webchat on Thursday 21 May at 10.30am. Panel members answering your questions will be Hugh Evans (Corporate Services Manager), Dudley Ashford (Drivers Service Manager) and Rob Toft (Head of Data Sharing Policy). With just a few weeks …

Advice for motorists with paper driving licences: how they'll be affected when the counterpart’s abolished

Do you or any of your customers have old-style paper driving licences? Have you wondered what will happen to these paper licences once the paper counterpart to the photocard is abolished on 8 June 2015. Around 7 million GB drivers still …

Second abolition of the counterpart webchat

Posted by: Jonathan Arnold, Posted on: 19 March 2015 - Categories: Abolition of the counterpart

Following the success of our first abolition of the counterpart webchat last month, we'll be hosting our second on Thursday 26 March at 10:30am. This second webchat will give our stakeholders, commercial customers and suppliers a further opportunity to ask …

Abolition of the counterpart – our free communications toolkit

As you know on 8 June 2015 the paper counterpart (D740) to the photocard driving licence will no longer be a valid document and will not be produced and issued by DVLA. This change will affect individuals and businesses that …

Abolition of counterpart webchat: questions we didn’t have time to answer

Posted by: Jonathan Arnold, Posted on: 25 February 2015 - Categories: Abolition of the counterpart

It was great to receive so much interest in our first stakeholder webchat last week. There were over 300 questions and Dudley, Hugh and Lynette managed to answer just over half of them in the 1hr 30min available. We plan …

Abolition of the counterpart webchat

Posted by: Jonathan Arnold, Posted on: 13 February 2015 - Categories: Abolition of the counterpart

DVLA will be hosting a webchat on 18 February 2015 at 10:30am about abolition of the counterpart to the photocard driving licence. The webchat will give our stakeholders, commercial customers and suppliers the opportunity to ask DVLA questions on the …

No more counterpart: date confirmed for abolition

Posted by: Jonathan Arnold, Posted on: 8 January 2015 - Categories: Abolition of the counterpart

As part of the government’s Red Tape Challenge initiative to remove unnecessary burden, it’s now been confirmed by Ministers that from 8 June 2015, DVLA will no longer issue the paper counterpart to the photocard driving licence. This means from …