You’re counting down the days until your summer holiday but do you have all the necessary documents for your hire car company? There is a new service to replace the paper counterpart of your licence which was scrapped on 8 June 2015.

If you’re hiring a car, or need a record of your full licence for any other purpose, you will now need to visit the DVLA web page ‘View your Driving Licence’ and get a printout or a check code.

In order to get your licence details via the DVLA’s site and request a check code you’ll need three bits of information: your full licence number (which usually begins with all or part of your name), your National Insurance number and your postcode.

You can only make five code requests in any 72-hour period.