Department for Transport written question – answered at on 23 May 2024.
Daisy Cooper
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Health and Social Care), Deputy Leader, Liberal Democrats
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact of removing digitised signatures from UK passports issued after January 2017 on the online renewal process for DVLA photocard licences.
Daisy Cooper
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Health and Social Care), Deputy Leader, Liberal Democrats
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his timeline is for extending an online renewal service to all DVLA photocard licences.
Guy Opperman
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The impact of His Majesty’s Passport Office no longer collecting digital signatures for passports on driving licence applications has been minimal. Around 70 per cent of driving licence renewal applications are made online.
The DVLA also has an online service which allows customers applying for a first provisional driving licence to upload their own digital photograph and signature. Customers using the DVLA’s renew a photocard licence service can also upload a new signature or use an existing one.
The DVLA is focused on delivering further improvements to enable even more customers to use its online services. The exact order of implementing service improvements will be based on where the DVLA can add the most value to customers.
Yes3 people think so
No5 people think not
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