Speeches

Frank Field – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2015-10-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many reports the DVLA has received of applicants’ documents going missing in each of the last five years.

Andrew Jones

The table below provides the number of complaints received at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) from customers about application documents that have been lost or damaged.

Year

Number complaints received

Number of relevant transactions* handled by the DVLA

2010

125

31,153,825

2011

105

30,670,002

2012

129

30,510,913

2013

63

30,506,202

2014

71

29,503,088

2015 to date

68

20,029,717

*This is for driver licensing and vehicle registration and licensing transactions, which may include supporting documentation, such as, identity documents.