DVLA

The DVLA - Where it all happens....!

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in Swansea or better known as the DVLA was established in 1973 to computerise the 15,000,000 driver and 13,000,000 vehicle records that were hitherto held on paper at 183 separate Local Authorities. Today, they hold the details of nearly 40,000,000 driver and 30,000,000 vehicle licences.

From 1 January 2003 all number plate suppliers in England and Wales will be required by law to register their details with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency. From that date a business will be unable to trade as a supplier unless it is registered.

DVLA - What The Agency Does

The DVLA is the organisation of UK Government responsible for maintaining a database of drivers and a database of vehicles in Great Britain; its counterpart in Northern Ireland is the Driver & Vehicle Agency (DVA). The agency issues driving licences, organises collection of vehicle excise duty (also known as road tax and road fund licence) and sells cherished marks (private number plates).

From 2008, the collection of vehicle excise duty for Northern Ireland will transfer from the DVA at Coleraine to the DVLA.

The DVLA is an executive agency of the Department for Transport and they are directly responsible to the Minister of State, one of the department's ministerial team. The current Minister is Dr Stephen Ladyman, MP. The current Chief Executive of the agency is Clive "Drive" Bennett, appointed in 2000.

The DVLA is based in Swansea, south Wales, with a prominent 16 storey computer centre building in offices in Swansea Vale. It was previously known as the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre (DVLC). The agency also has a network of offices around Great Britain, known as the Local Office Directorate.
 

Registered DVLA Number Plates Supplier No: 27154 ||  Official DVLA Registrations Reseller