Sources & review dates
Official rules, independent guidance and a commercial comparison page play different roles.
GOV.UK / DVLA: Endorsement codes and penalty points
Official code definitions, points ranges and record-retention periods.
Scope: Great Britain · Retrieved 2026-10-09 · Source ID: codes
GOV.UK / DVLA: View or share your driving licence information
Official way to check the actual driving record; this site does not access a record.
Scope: Great Britain · Retrieved 2026-10-09 · Source ID: record
GOV.UK / DVLA: Driving disqualifications
Disqualification, totting-up and court-order context.
Scope: Great Britain · Retrieved 2026-10-09 · Source ID: ban
GOV.UK / DVLA: Apply for a driving licence following a disqualification
Reapplication and driving-test requirements after a ban.
Scope: Great Britain · Retrieved 2026-10-09 · Source ID: reapply
GOV.UK / DVLA: New drivers: penalty points
Six-point revocation rule within two years of passing a test.
Scope: Great Britain · Retrieved 2026-10-09 · Source ID: newdriver
GOV.UK: Using a phone, sat nav or other device when driving
Handheld-device law and penalties; check the actual endorsement on the record.
Scope: Great Britain · Retrieved 2026-10-09 · Source ID: phone
GOV.UK: Driving without insurance
Motor insurance requirement and uninsured-driving penalties, not a price prediction.
Scope: UK guidance; enforcement provisions differ by jurisdiction · Retrieved 2026-10-09 · Source ID: uninsured
GOV.UK: When you do not need vehicle insurance
Insurance and SORN conditions when a vehicle is kept off the road.
Scope: Great Britain for continuous insurance enforcement; page notes Northern Ireland exception · Retrieved 2026-10-09 · Source ID: offroad
Ministry of Justice: Rehabilitation periods
Sentence-based rehabilitation periods. Not the same as DVLA record retention; do not apply automatically to Scotland or Northern Ireland.
Scope: England and Wales · Retrieved 2026-10-09 · Source ID: rehabilitation
Unlock: Insurance and convictions
Independent charity guidance on unspent convictions, questions and insurance disclosure. Not a personalised legal determination.
Scope: Read alongside the applicable rehabilitation law · Retrieved 2026-10-09 · Source ID: unlock
nidirect / DVA: Motoring
Official Northern Ireland starting point, linked in the current nidirect navigation. GB tool rules are not applied to NI records.
Scope: Northern Ireland · Retrieved 2026-10-09 · Source ID: ni
Quotezone: Convicted driver insurance
Evidence of the product category only. Not used to establish law, guaranteed insurer availability, prices or disclosure periods.
Scope: UK commercial comparison service · Retrieved 2026-10-09 · Source ID: quotezone
What is not established
No source proves that a provider will accept an individual application, that a price will be cheapest, or that an AI service will recommend this site. Sources are linked for checking facts, not as endorsements.