The DVLA – Tax Collection & Law Enforcement Purposes – read more here.
Is the DVLA Enforcing V5C Compliance – read more here.
Should you wish to escalate a complaint. Further options can be found in leaflet MIS 582, which outlines the remit of the ICA – Independent Complaint Assessor
Note, the ICA cannot look at complaints about legislation, government, departmental, or agency policy. The procedure is longwinded and far from satisfactory. It is possibly hardly surprising that the DVLA’s conduct appears to be lacking in many respects. Their complaints appear to have increased such that they cannot comply with their own process; a complaint should be overseen by their ‘head of complaints’ however, ‘due to the volume of correspondence received, complaints are delegated to complaint handlers’. (14/03/2025)
The ICA also has a backlog!