Source · National Audit Office
Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25
Published: 17 Jul 2025
Recommendations: 6
Type: Value for Money
NAO report detail with recommendations, government responses, and any Public Accounts Committee follow-up.
Recommendations
Government response pending.
The NAO has not yet recorded a response to these recommendations. This report was published 17 July 2025.
| Rec | Recommendation | Addressee | Acceptance | Implementation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
I recommend that, until a long-term solution is put into place, DVLA use the data it holds to produce the best estimate it can of the cost of VED non-compliance for reporting next year and include any limitations of its estimate in its reporting.
Ref Page 112, Recommendations, point b
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Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency | Pending | — |
| 2 |
I recommend that as part of developing and implementing its next compliance and enforcement strategy, DVLA: collect all relevant cost data on its compliance and enforcement activities to assess whether its current compliance and enforcement activities are cost effective and proportionate.
Ref Page 112, Recommendations, point c, first bullet point
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Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency | Pending | — |
| 3 |
I recommend that as part of developing and implementing its next compliance and enforcement strategy, DVLA: undertake a full evaluation of its performance and outcomes achieved against its 2022-2025 strategy and incorporate relevant findings into its plans for future activities.
Ref Page 112, Recommendations, point c, second bullet point
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Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency | Pending | — |
| 4 |
I recommend that as part of developing and implementing its next compliance and enforcement strategy, DVLA: explore potential wider behaviour trends that might affect VED revenue, for example understanding why the number of vehicles that have a Statutory Off-Road Notification (SORN) continues to increase.
Ref Page 112, Recommendations, point c, third bullet point
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Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency | Pending | — |
| 5 |
I recommend that as part of developing and implementing its next compliance and enforcement strategy, DVLA: explore a wider range of options to innovate and further improve VED compliance and enforcement, for example in how it may use new technologies; this could include engagement with other organisations, both government and private sector, that collect revenue to ensure that up-to-date best practice is considered.
Ref Page 112, Recommendations, point c, fourth bullet point
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Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency | Pending | — |
| 6 |
I recommend that DVLA and DFT develop a long-term approach for estimating reliably the cost of VED non-compliance to help DVLA target and deliver enforcement and compliance activity more cost-effectively and to enhance Parliamentary visibility of revenue lost to the taxpayer. This should include considering a range of options as to how they might achieve this.
Ref Page 112, Recommendations, point a
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Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency | Pending | — |