To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency failed to send out reminder notices for car tax renewal to residents of the Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency in the last 12 months. (117608)

There were no widespread instances in the last 12 months where the DVLA failed to issue the vehicle licence application reminder (V11) notices in the Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency or any other.

There have been no processing or dispatch difficulties that could account for any significant problems. However, changes to the rate of vehicle excise duty (VED) announced in the March 2005 Budget did cause discrepancies to some vehicle records. This resulted in V11 forms not being forwarded for those vehicles whose licenses needed renewing in April 2006. This problem only affected licences due in this particular month.