What is a DVLA driving summary?
A DVLA driving summary is an official record that offers a snapshot of your driving licence history held by the UK authority — the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency.
What it includes:
Your driving summary typically shows:
Licence details:
Licence type (full, provisional, automatic/manual)
When you first passed
Whether it’s valid or expired
Endorsements & points:
Speeding or driving offences
How many points you have
When they expire
Disqualifications
Any driving bans (past or current)
Why we ask for your DVLA driving summary
To continue giving our customers the most accurate price and reward safe drivers fairly, Pizza may ask you to share a quick driving summary from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA). This helps us:
Confirm your licence details are correct
Check for any active points or bans
Make sure your quote is accurate
Help keep premiums lower for safe drivers
Prevent mistakes and fraud
Step-by-step: How to share your DVLA driving summary
Step 1: Visit the DVLA licence check service
Click here to be directed straight to the DVLA website or;
Search online for: 'View your driving licence DVLA'
Step 2: Click 'Start now' and log in securely
Once you have clicked the green 'Start now' button you will be asked to enter your:
Driving licence number
National Insurance number
Postcode
Step 3: View your DVLA driving summary
Once you have entered the details required you will be presented with you summary which includes 4 tabs stating:
Your details
Vehicles you can drive
Penalties and disqualifications
Get you check code
Step 4: Get your check code
Click on the 'Get a check code' tab.
You will now see a unique 8 digit code and an option to print or save your DVLA driving summary
Click the 'print or save' link
This will now download the summary to the device you are using
Step 5: Provide DVLA driving summary with Pizza
Go to MyPizza on the Pizza website
Follow the instructions and upload your DVLA driving summary
You have now completed providing the requesting information
We will be in touch if we have any further questions
Is it safe?
The DVLA system is government-run, secure and only provides time-limited access.