Fears have been raised over the future of the DVLA following the announcement that Cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg has ordered a major review of quangos to save taxpayers' money.
The minister for Brexit opportunities and government efficiency wrote to fellow ministers calling for a string of public bodies and government agencies, also know as quangos or quasi-autonomous non-Governmental organizations, to be shut down or merged. It is believed that ministers are looking at savings of between 10 and 20 per cent in government spending, according to the Telegraph.
The DVLA is one of the largest employers in Wales, with more than 5,000 staff at its offices in Clase, Swansea, but the newspaper reported a Whitehall source saying there had been a 'total failure' by the DVLA 'to provide the public service it is meant to'.
