The Department for Transport have postponed the abolition of paper driving licences, originally scheduled for this month, until June this year.
From 8 June 2015, the photocard licence paper counterpart will not be valid and will no longer be issued by DVLA.
When DVLA stops issuing the counterpart, you should destroy yours but you still need to keep your current photocard driving licence.
You'll still be able to use the counterpart driving licence to change your address with DVLA. You can also change your address online.
Those paper driving licence holders issued before 1998 will remain valid, and should not be destroyed.
From 8 June 2015 endorsements/penalty points will no longer be recorded on these driving licences. This information will be held on DVLA's driver record, and can checked online, by phone or post.
