The DVLA and other government motoring agencies will come under scrutiny next week when bosses appear before the Transport Select Committee for questioning.

The committee’s aim is to throw the spotlight on how agencies such as the DVLA spend their money and how they interact with users.

Under the cosh will be Alastair Peoples, chief executive, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), Oliver Morley, chief executive, Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) and Paul Markwick, chief executive, Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA).

The committee will use evidence session to question the chief executives about the performance of their agencies, the savings they have made and their plans for the future.

The committee will also ask Transport Minister Stephen Hammond about the DfT’s policies and its scrutiny of the motoring agencies.

In February Hammond agreed to an overhaul of the DVLA to make it more efficient for the motor trade. A review of the DVLA, which was launched in October last year, recommended that the agency should improve its digital services and deliver simpler bulk transactions for the motor trade, fleet operators and hire companies.

It said the DVLA should reduce the burden of its requirements on consumers and businesses and open up the way for others outside of government to deliver some of its services.

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