I take it from your original posting, that this concerns 'Driving at Work' and your company requiring you to supply a copy oif your driving licence to them (or their appointed representative) to validate a) your licence to drive the type of vehicle supplied or used, and b) your driving record in respect of driving convictions that will be show on your licence counterpart.

Driving at work, being a work function, is subject to the requirements of Statutory Legislation and regulations regarding health and safety. This includes the health and safety at work etc act 1974, the management of health and safety at work regulations 1999, and obviously, so far as the employer is concerned, the potential ramifications of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act.

In relation to the above the employer has a legal duty to ensure that if you are driving at work you are qualified to do so. This is proven in effect by your licence much in same way as a certificate would prove evidence of training/qualification etc, and your employer has a right to ask to see it in this respect, and you will be expected to supply them with to verify your abilty. In addition, if you have points on your licence this may be cause for concern if the employers insurance for such limits the number of points that drivers under the company policy may have, and may prevent drivers with a certain number of points driving company owned vehicles.

There are of course a number of other factors here; under the Statutory law and regulations mentioned above, there are issues of risk assessments for drivers, information, instruction and training in respect of driving of work, and compliance with other regulations (such as the Provision and use of work equipment regulations for company owned vehcles etc), requirements and best practice as defined in Approved Codes of Practice etc (ACoPs).

In respect of corporate manslaughter in England and Wales (corporate homicide in Scotland), if you were to have an accident whilst driving a company vehicle on company business, and kill someone, there could in effect, depending of course on the circumstances, be a case under the Act against the company, which may result from a number of areas of non-compliance... and may also include, for example, excessive speed by the driver. In such circumstances the law I think allows for not only the body corporate to be prosecuted, but also individuals.

If of course the vehicle you are using is your own, very little changes, except that the insurance obligations defined by the employer are required to be met by you, i.e. insured for driving to/from work and use at work etc...

Any information you supply that contains details of your name and address and postcode (i.e. a copy of your driving licence and counterpart) will be suject to the requirements of the Data Protection Act, and must be held ande controlled by any body (or employer) in strict accorsnce with these requirements. If the body your employer has nominated/appointed to carry out these functions has neglected to inform you of this or says the data held may be turned over to other parties in an uncontrolled manner, they may be acting contrary to the requirements of the Data Protection Act, and this should be clarified before any information of a personal nature is handed over.

I would suggest you ask your company for details of their policies on driving at work and see what you get. It should include most or all of what is mentioned above. If it does not, or there is none or it is not suitable and sufficient, they may be non compliant with the legal duties imposed on them as an employer under the above Statutory Law and Regulations mentioned.

It is worth consulting a health and safety professional (CMIOSH Registered) to ascertain the facts on compliance here, but generally the above represents a reasonable guide to pont you in the right direction.