Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, further to the Answer of 8 January 2015 to Question 219781, for what reason action was not taken against SEAT UK for failing to submit a completed V5C/3 form.

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) did not take action against SEAT UK in 2007 because enforcement action in such cases was not always taken, unless it was also connected to a vehicle excise duty offence.

Since 2012, if a registered keeper fails to notify the DVLA in writing that they have disposed of a vehicle and someone applies to become the new keeper, the DVLA will automatically issue an enforcement letter.