save your local dvla office

bishopsgirl

OH and I have used our local DVLA on many occasions and always found them helpful and efficient.

As others have said it is much quicker and safer than sending applications to Swansea.

Hope they don't close our local branch.

poppasmurf_bewdley

The local DVLA office in Worcester that I used was useful when I could change my personal registration number from one car to another in there at one go, but now they just send it off to a office in Manchester, which is what I could have done myself.

It's a backward step making something that took minutes now take days, but it'll probably result in more civil servants not less.

Always remember the Civil Service Motto - Why let one person do it when you can get 10 to do the same job!

Happytohelp

Sad news today for those of us who do use our DVLA Local Offices and for the 1200 people who will lose their jobs. DVLA have confirmed that all local & regional offices will close for good in 2013.

For those who have never had a reason to go to their local DVLA office, the offices are essential to the motor trade. Tasks can often be carried out over the counter, rather than having to wait for weeks for a response from Swansea.

It is believed that some of the vehicle related services (that will be lost as a result of the DVLA Local Offices closing), may be available in Post Offices in the future.

mgdavid

pgilc1 wrote: »

Less admin people working for the civil service?

Cant see anyone objecting to that.

sir or madam, you are an optimist!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-18702250

mgdavid

Happytohelp wrote: »

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It is believed that some of the vehicle related services (that will be lost as a result of the DVLA Local Offices closing), may be available in Post Offices in the future.

but what about the large number of really annoying (sub) Post Offices that don't even do car tax discs?

These closures are crazy; while Swansea is universally reviled for their inefficiency and arrogance, the local offices IMO are their saving grace; the Reading one has been excellent on the few occasions I've used it.

Takeaway_Addict

I am not fussed either way to be honest, the one thing that annoyed me at the local one was that there was no bloody parking!

hartcjhart

for all the 'good job close em down' brigade I hope you never buy a car and have to change the tax class,or transfer a reg number or have to arrange an IVA(old SVA), because when it is centralised it will all go t1ts up,
speaking to a robotic script reading fool in swansea/or most likely punjabistan will be a nightmare, at least in the offices you can get things sorted pronto,and as has been said handing documents direct to the people in the office is at least a safegaurd against spurious fines for docs not received(lost by swansea)

molerat

The last time I used them was in 1990 after importing 2 cars so don't use them often. If some money needs saving do away with the tax disc and cut a great festering lump out of Swansea but I suppose that would be a political no no.

PasturesNew

I didn't know they had offices. I've no idea what one would do at one ..... clearly not 'needed' if there's not one in every town.

grizzly1911

Never used one, knew of their existence.

I would expect some form of cost/benefit/need analysis has been undertaken which has established they aren't used sufficiently for complex cases.

On the basis they are only in limited number of sites what do the motor dealers in the rest of the country do?

1.) If the simple stuff can be done by Post Offices good.

2.) If this is going to cause real problems for the motor trade surely some lobbying through your federations to give you access to a fast track "Swansea" is what is required.