Explanatory Memorandum from the Department
of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (EST 98A)
PART II—COMMENTARY ON THE SUPPLY ESTIMATES
CLASS VI, VOTE 9: DRIVER
AND VEHICLE
LICENSING AGENCY
More details can be found in the Annual Report
1998: Chapter 8 and Tables A2, A12, A14 and A15
| Vote total
|
|
| £000 |
|
| Final net provision 1996-97 | 152,916
|
| Provision sought 1998-99 | 98,799
|
| Change | -54,117 |
| Change (Per cent) | -35 Per cent
|
| |
| Final net provision 1997-98 | 155,241
|
| Provision sought 1998-99 | 98,799
|
| Change | -56,442 |
| Change (Per cent) | -36 Per cent
|
|
This Vote replaces the former Class V, Vote 4.
The Vote covers expenditure on driver licensing in Great
Britain and on the registration and licensing of vehicles, and
the collection of Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) throughout the UK.
It also covers grants to local authorities to meet the Department's
liability to contribute to the pensions of ex-local taxation office
staff who worked on driver and vehicle licensing before the centralisation
of driver and vehicle records, and fee income from the sale of
cherished registration marks.
The individual Section where the level of provision has changed
significantly is:
| Section A—Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
|
|
| £000 |
|
| Final net provision 1996-97 | 151,016
|
| Provision sought 1998-99 | 96,945
|
| Change | -54,071 |
| Change (Per cent) | -36 Per cent
|
| |
| Final net provision 1997-98 | 153,385
|
| Provision sought 1998-99 | 96,945
|
| Change | -56,440 |
| Change (Per cent) | -37 Per cent
|
|
Annual Report 1998—Chapter 8, paragraphs 8.39-8.41; table
A12
There is a significant reduction in provision for 1998-99
from 1996-97 and 1997-98. This is mainly due to the introduction
on 1 April 1998 of a fee payable on the first registration of
a vehicle; the introduction of photographs on driving licences
from the summer of 1998; and the appropriation of the cost element
of sale of marks, assignments and Cherished Transfer transactions,
which were previously treated as Consolidated Fund Extra Receipts.
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