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Title:
Passport V DVLA

Reference ID:
12JY

Problem Description:
When hireing a car three items are normally requested, Valid Driving license, valid Credit Card and in some cases a valid Passport.

if your passport and driving licence photograph expire at the wrong times its a real problem if you need both?

Proposed solution:
the DVLA and the Passport office could agree that if presented together the passport validity negates the need for a DVLA photo renewal ?

Cost or time incurred:
The time and cost for two goverment departments to reach agreement with each other ?

Sector(s):
Citizen

Category(s):
Multiple

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This idea has been Rejected.

Rejected reason

This idea or suggestion has been rejected as it raises an issue that does not fall within the remit of the Better Regulation website.

Official response

The DVLA or the DfT do not issue any guidelines to car hire companies on what they should accept as ID, it's up to the individual company to decide.

The Better Regulation website was designed to encourage and respond to ideas which help improve regulation. As this suggestion is not a better regulation idea we are unable to consider it through this website.

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