Living in the UK

Summary of sections: 

  1. Health (GP, dentist, optician information and registration, mental and sexual health support, carer support, registering births, deaths, marriages, civil partnerships etc)
  2. Housing (information on buying, renting, social housing, household services such as rubbish collection, information on fly tipping, etc)
  3. Education (information on early years, schools and beyond)
  4. Transport (using public transport, driving your own vehicle, etc)
  5. Information on other services such as Banking, using Post office, TV, Telephone, etc and Hillingdon People magazine, HillingdonFirst card

4. TRANSPORT

4.4. Owning and maintaining a car/vehicle

MOT Test 


  • The MOT test checks that your vehicle meets road safety and environmental standards.


  • If your car is more than 3 years old, it must have an MOT test every year. This is a test to make sure that the car is working safely.


  • This can be done in a garage (with a special blue MOT sign outside).The maximum fee for a car is £54.85 and £29.65 for a standard motorcycle.


  • If there is a problem with the car, the garage will charge you more money to fix it. Check with the garage how much this will cost.


  • You can be fined up to £1,000 for driving a vehicle without a valid MOT and your insurance will be invalid should you need to claim.

Click here: Get and check MOT


Vehicle Insurance


  • You must have motor insurance to drive your vehicle on UK roads.


  • Third party insurance is the legal minimum. 


  • You may want to use an  Insurance broker. This website has information about different kinds of insurance and a list of the big insurance companies.


Tax your vehicle


  • You must tax your vehicle even if you do not have to pay anything, for example if you’re exempt because you’re disabled.

  • You’ll need to meet all the legal obligations for drivers before you can drive.


Tax your car, motorcycle or other vehicle using a reference number from:

  • a recent reminder (V11) or ‘last chance’ warning letter from DVLA.


  • your vehicle log book (V5C) - it must be in your name.


  • the green ‘new keeper’ slip from a log book if you’ve just bought it.


You can apply online:  Vehicle Tax


Or 


       Call 0300 123 4321  (24-hour service)




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