Paper driving licences should not be destroyed and will still be valid after 8 June. So, we thought we’d explain in more depth the impact on drivers who hold these types of licences. Do you or any of your customers have old-style paper driving licences? Have you wondered what will happen to these paper licences once the paper counterpart to the photocard is abolished on 8 June 2015.Īround 7 million GB drivers still hold a paper driving licence (that is, any licence issued before 31 March 2000) and some of these customers have asked us how they'll be affected when the counterpart is abolished.