Have you lost your documents but need to tax your vehicle? We’ve got you covered! You can now apply for a new log book and tax at the same time. Rachel Sargeant, Senior Customer Product and Services Manager, explains how this service update will save you time.
It’s been a few months since my last blog and the time has quite literally flown by! Testing on the View Driving Record project has gone from busy to hectic over the past few months… and I wouldn’t have had …
I was delighted to be invited to speak at the IT Wales International Women’s Day event at the Liberty Stadium on Thursday 6th March. My remit was to speak about my career in IT, and the more I thought about …
Last week, it was great to host a visit from The Rt Hon Francis Maude MP Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General. Francis was keen to find out more about what we are doing to support the government’s …
Last week, I was really proud to be part of the team that announced that we’re testing new versions of our 'Tax your vehicle' and 'Register your vehicle as off the road (SORN)' services. These versions have been released into public beta, …
In the past week the first live data was copied from DVLA's legacy driver database into the new Integrated Enquiry Platform (IEP). This is a crucial milestone on the journey to providing the View Driving Record service. We've overcome many …
Now that we are three sprints into the Vehicle Management alpha, we have a working prototype of our first service. The service we’ve chosen is disposal to trade. This online service will allow DVLA to be notified that vehicle keepers …
Last week, we released new versions of our 'Tax your vehicle', 'Register your vehicle as off the road (SORN)' and 'Get vehicle information from DVLA' services into public beta. Over the past few months, a small team here at DVLA have been …
...coffee it was time for a breakout session. I attended the “digital for all” session where the emphasis was on people who are not online. It was very powerful to...
We kicked off our Inception phase for Vehicle Management and Personalised Registration in December. For those of you unaware of the concept of inception, its objectives are to understand what the broad scope of the project is, to start to …
Several people have asked about our future technology platform and our plans and approach to moving services onto it. So here’s our first update on the subject. The existing DVLA estate is large and complex, with many of the systems …