A million views in beta – the journey to live
...been updating the style and layout of the service in line with the Government Digital Services style guide. We’ll continue to use these templates in live so that the user...
View Driving Licence goes live today
Back in June & July 2012 we held a three-week Discovery with colleagues from GDS following a decision to choose the Integrated Enquiries Programme (IEP) as our first Digital Exemplar. I remember it well as my son was born the …
View Driving Licence: access and services for third parties
Over the last few months we’ve had a number of people asking questions about the View Driving Licence (VDL) service, hopefully this blog should go some way to answering these questions. The purpose of VDL is to allow driving licence …
View Vehicle Record (VVR) service: we’re out on the road
...check which vehicles are due to be taxed or have their MOT due and they’ll also be able to search using different criteria like vehicle make or model. My role...
View Driving Record: introducing Identity Assurance
It’s now been 5 months or 12 ‘sprints’ since View Driving Record moved into public beta (soon to be renamed View Driving Licence for its ‘live’ launch later this month)...
View Vehicle Record: goodbye alpha, hello beta
...home ground. A 3-hour journey to London and a 20 minute tube ride might have just tipped me over the edge! You’d think familiar faces would also settle your nerves...
View Vehicle Record update
Since my last blog post, View Vehicle Record has moved from ‘Alpha’ to ‘Beta’ phase. As a reminder the View Vehicle Record service is being developed to enable customers and...
Removing the barriers to digital
...the right skills and attitudes. Most importantly they could also see digital is not a barrier and that everyone has a place in a digital DVLA. It’s definitely been worth...
That whirlwind called Alpha
...means only issuing the V5C when they need one, for example when they are ready to sell a vehicle. By removing the V5C (for those who choose to suppress its...
My car just tweeted me to say it was home…
...For example viewing your driving record or taxing your car online. But technology in the world of transport is evolving fast. Innovations like self driving cars, alternative fuel types, the...