Driving licence categories

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Penalty points (endorsements)

You could get penalty points (endorsements) on your driving record if you're convicted of a motoring offence
Driving licence codes

Codes that DVLA places on your driving licence, and their explanations
Driving licence categories

Driving licence categories - entitlements on your licence and what vehicles you can drive - cars, motorcycles, mopeds, medium and large lorries, minibuses and buses.
Vehicles you can drive

Check if you're old enough, or have the right kind of driving licence, to drive different kinds of vehicle
Driving a minibus

Find out if you can drive a minibus and what licence you need - when you need to have a PCV D1 category licence

Changes to the driving licence and categories
- Detailed guide
- 9 June 2015
- Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Driving a van
- Detailed guide
- 21 May 2022
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Driving school minibuses advice: schools and local authorities
- Guidance
- 4 September 2013
- Department for Transport and Department for Education
Large vehicles you can drive using a car or lorry licence
- Statutory guidance
- 10 November 2022
- Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Regulations to simplify driving licence upgrade and motorcycle test rules
- Statutory guidance
- 19 October 2021
- Department for Transport, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2022: draft legislation
- 19 October 2021
- Department for Transport, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
- Written statement
Motorists urged to check rules on towing before summer holidays
- 9 August 2019
- Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
- Press release

Research at DVLA
- 8 May 2025
- Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
- Research
Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) monitoring report 2021
- 23 March 2023
- Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
- Official statistics
DfI Driver, Vehicle, Operator, and Enforcement Statistics - 2021-22 Quarter 2
- 5 April 2022
- Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
- National statistics
Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) monitoring report 2020
- 31 March 2022
- Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
- Official statistics
DfI Driver, Vehicle, Operator, and Enforcement Statistics - 2021-22 Quarter 2
- 28 January 2022
- Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
- National statistics

Simplifying driving licence upgrade and motorcycle test rules
- 14 July 2021
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 22 March 2021
Category B driving licence derogation for alternatively fuelled commercial vehicles
- 29 March 2018
- Closed organisation: Office for Low Emission Vehicles, Department for Transport, and Innovate UK
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 18 October 2017