Written question asked by Lord Lucas (Conservative), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Earl Attlee (Conservative) on Thursday, 9 December 2010.

Driving: Licences

Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the percentage of requests to surrender a licence that are sent to a driver's current address.

Answer: Drivers are required to provide their current address details to the police and courts. If the driver fails to surrender their licence to have the endorsement details recorded, the courts will write to the address provided by the driver. On receipt of a court notification, where the licence has not been surrendered, DVLA will check its records to establish whether it has a different address to that provided by the court. If the address held on the record is different, DVLA will write to both addresses requesting the return of the licence.

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