Hi all. Received a letter this morning turning down my application for a job that I really wanted and now I’m going through the usual questions of why I didn’t get the position( it doesn’t get any easier the older you get ) one question on the application was have you been banned from driving in the past ten years,well I battled with myself wether to tell the truth,honesty is the best policy ect ect, and in the end I told the truth and said yes ( totting up 7 years ago) my question is…who has access to your past DVLA driving record ? Can a prospective employer check your driving record? My own assumption is that once its off your licence nobody else need know. Am I correct. Thanks. Rich.
I think YOU have to give YOUR permission for them to check your licence … when i have registered with agency, they have phoned DVLC then passed phone to me to confirm my identity and give permission … then pass phone back to agency for them to check my licence. I’m sure others on agency will also have done this ?
I might be wrong … not sure if you have to be PRESENT when this is done 
Cheers rustler,I didn’t get to the face to face stage of the process so I didn’t give any permission verbal or otherwise.
I would of said no to that question as like points once spent dont show
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Hi all. Received a letter this morning turning down my application for a job that I really wanted and now I’m going through the usual questions of why I didn’t get the position( it doesn’t get any easier the older you get )
It may be worth a phone call or an email to ask them, it may be another reason entirely and not anything to do with your driving record.
I would’ve ignored that one, and if it came up at a later date, make my excuses and say I thought it meant a dr10. Genuine mistake guv 
Of course, If I was employing you and you declined to release your convictions data from the DVLA, I would very kindly offer you a coffee to drink on the way to your next interview.
And yet your insurance company can still penalise you for points on your licence for 5 years, even though they’re not even still shown by then. Not fair.
Would have been better to make sure you did not get banned in the first place but yes for sure honesty is the best policy.
If you are asked a question and fail to give a correct answer there could be big repercussions later on.
they cant check any details of your licence with the dvla pal without you being present and speaking to the dvla over the phone first to give permission
It’s a spent conviction so you don’t need to declare it.
even if you had been banned for drink driving, if it’s past the rehabilitation period you don’t have to declare it. pretty difficult as it’s on your licence though. 
If she’s better looking than the wife! 
YES! 
cheers 1asp, thanks for the clarification…cheers all.rich.
I think it’s a bit naughty of them to ask that question, as they are almost certainly not exempt from Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.
My understanding of Rehab. of Offenders Act is that, except for certain security/government/medical/education jobs, you can’t be penalised for ‘spent’ convictions (usually over 5 years’ old). According to this link, if you do tell them about spent convictions, they would effectively have to ignore your answers.
Obviously, had it been a DR10, or similar it’s a bit difficult to hide, as it stays on your licence for 11 years even if it’s ‘spent’ after 5 years.
And certainly their insurance isn’t meant to take into account offences which are spent (usually over 5 years’ old). financial-ombudsman.org.uk/p … ctions.htm
to answer the OP’s original question, yes, be honest about the loss of licence
if you lie to get the job, then the new boss does the checks and finds that you have lied, then you will more than likely be sacked for gross misconduct, and you will never be allowed back in their employ
if you tell the truth, then you may get the job, you may not, it all depends on what they think, but, if you do get the job, then you have got nothing to fear of anything being found out
but as we know times are tough. if I had been out of work for 6 months or so and had been knocked back from every application and was struggling to feed my family I think I would seriously consider fibbing about it. and take the consequences if they ever found out. you never know, you might have proved yourself to be such a good driver they might be more understanding
A similar subject was on Vine on Radio 2 today,as to whether you should admit to things that happened say 30 years ago. Some do gooder said that you should, but my opinion is, if it’s been spent under the Rehabilitation Of Offenders Act 1974, then no you shouldn’t.
I, like many others, have done some stupid things in my teens which was 30 years ago, and I don’t declare them as they are spent under the above act.
See the table:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/offenders/rehabilitation/rehabilitation-offenders.pdf
Worth a call asking for feedback as to why you didn’t get it. But I would say honesty is best policy in this age of databases and checks.
cheers abc,shuttlespanker,mat and quinny, some enlightening points, i will ring tomorro starfighter and find out why,like most drivers ive got a fairly thick skin and would rather know why i was turned down…rich.
In your case I think honesty is the best policy.
In my case 3 years ago after passing my class 1 at 21 I got laughed out of every agency and haulage yard in London and the South East. After 3 months of getting no where I thought bollox to it and started lying saying that I had done a bit of driving here and there on agency and i haven’t looked back since. It’s a dog eat dog world in my view and although I consider myself an honest person, a few white lies doesn’t go a miss as long as no one gets hurt and no one loses out.