
The DVLA already sells vehicle keeper data to private parking enforcement agencies. Now it is to allow insurers to access driver records.

The DVLA already sells vehicle keeper data to private parking enforcement agencies. Now it is to allow insurers to access driver records.


Motorists will continue to be able to access DVLA services locally to tax their cars and apply for driving licences after the Secretary of State for Transport today announced DVLA is awarding a new contract to Post Office Limited to provide DVLA’s services from their post office network.
Last year over 24 million vehicles were taxed or declared off road online or by phone. This means that over half of all motorists went online or used the phone.
The DVLA is to auction the ideal plate for the Mercedes owner that has everything.
It will go under the hammer at Mercedes Benz World on September 6th, just to ram home the message, but the owner will have to wait a year before using it on the public road, as the 63 plate will not become valid until September 2013.