Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time is for the DVLA to process hard-copy documents on purchased cars.

Between March and the end of August, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has issued nearly seven million vehicle registration certificates. On 21 September, there were just over 32,000 hard copy vehicle registration certificates awaiting processing. Vehicle registration certificates are currently being processed within around ten days of receipt at the DVLA. These include notification of change of vehicle keeper and also a change of name and address of the current keeper.