We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
Apply for, renew or update your licence, view or share your driving licence, add new categories
Check someone's driving record - vehicles they can drive, penalty points and disqualifications
Apply online to renew your 10-year driving licence, full or provisional - cost, payment methods, documents and information you need
Find out what information DVLA holds about your driving licence or create a check code to share your driving record, for example to hire a car
Apply for your first provisional driving licence from DVLA online to drive a car, motorbike or moped.
Any person or organisation involved in a transaction with those subject to financial sanctions will first need a licence from OFSI.
Driving licence categories - entitlements on your licence and what vehicles you can drive - cars, motorcycles, mopeds, medium and large lorries, minibuses and buses.
Replace your full or provisional driving licence online with DVLA if it's been lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed.
Guidance for copyright owners on how to grant a licence for, sell or market their work.
Intellectual property can be bought, sold or licensed.
You need a licence to sell alcohol from a licensed premises
Track your driving licence application if you've already made an online application
You usually need a licence from PPL PRS to play live or recorded music in public - includes playing background music at your business, and staging live music or theatre productions.
Licensing bodies and collective management organisations can agree licences with users on behalf of owners and collect any royalties the owners are owed.
Information on the different types of alcohol licences available and guidance on how to apply for them.
From 19 January 2013 driving licences changed and now look different to comply with new EU rules.
Information about becoming a goods vehicle operator, getting a goods vehicle licence and complying with regulations
Applying for licences for events and businesses
How to apply for a taxi or private hire vehicle (PHV) driving licences inside and outside London
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab).