Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to integrate DVLA and DWP data systems so that disabled people who qualify for vehicle tax reductions through receipt of PIP or DLA are not required to complete a separate annual renewal process with DVLA, given that their eligibility is already subject to review by DWP.

The law requires that entitlement to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is checked when a vehicle is taxed.

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) remains committed to working with the Department for Work and Pensions to review and improve the process for customers who receive the standard rate mobility component of PIP, which entitles them to a 50 per cent reduction in the rate of vehicle excise duty payable. Customers who receive the enhanced rate mobility component of PIP and whose vehicles are licensed in the disabled taxation class can already transact online.

The DVLA will look to develop and introduce a full digital service for customers in receipt of the standard rate of PIP but this work will not start until after the delivery of electric Vehicle Excise Duty changes in 2028.