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Records of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Catalogue reference: DVLA
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Records created or inherited by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA). For series created for regularly archived websites, please see the separate Websites Division.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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DVLA
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
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Date (When the record was created)
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2000-2021
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records created or inherited by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA).
For series created for regularly archived websites, please see the separate Websites Division.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For earlier records of the DVLA, please see
For records created or inherited by the Department for Transport (DfT) please see DFT
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, 1990-1990
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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6 series
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Road Transport
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) was established as an executive agency of the Department of Transport on 2 April 1990. It was previously known as the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre (DVLC). Since 2002 the DVLA has been an executive agency of the Department for Transport (DfT) and is directly responsible to the Minister of State.
The DVLA is the organisation responsible for maintaining a database of drivers and a database of vehicles in Great Britain (in Northern Ireland the same role is carried out by the Driver & Vehicle Agency: DVA). The DVLA is responsible for the registration and licensing of drivers in Great Britain, the registration and licensing of vehicles, together with the collection and enforcement of vehicle excise duty in the UK. The DVLA also maintains records of all of those who are entitled to drive various types of vehicle, all vehicles entitled to travel on public roads, and drivers? endorsements, disqualifications and medical conditions.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C408/
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