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Motor Vehicles: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to use digital technologies in Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency services to improve driver identity verification during vehicle (a) registration and (b) ownership transfer.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
4 Jun 2025
Target answer date
9 Jun 2025
Answer
9 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to use digital technologies in Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency services to improve driver identity verification during vehicle (a) registration and (b) ownership transfer.

  2. 9 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) takes the accuracy of its vehicle register seriously. It is crucial that registered keeper details are accurate for road safety and law enforcement purposes. The latest available data shows that more than 92 ...

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