I think you just tell the DVLA that you don't have the old licence and they issue you a new full one, as the second offence was outside of the probationary period.

Not sure where to put this... I live in halls of residence and my flat has been getting a lot of letters from the tv licencing people. When we got the first one addressed to the commual area (the kitchen is the only communal area) my flatmate said that she knew people who had received the same letter and to ignore it because nothing ever came of it. We left it but had another one when we got back from christmas, asking those who didn't need a licence to complete an online declaration and that if we needed a licence, to buy one or risk court proceedings. Letters then started to be addressed to individual rooms, and it seemed that they were only going to those that didn't have a licence for their room or hadn't responded to the other letter by declaring that they didn't need a licence. I thought that would be the end of the matter but now they've sent a letter saying we haven't responded (making out there were loads of letters when there were only two to the communal area) and they have no choice but to pursue the final stage of investigation and come round. It said on the bottom of the letter that we can still either pay for a licence or complete an online declaration, which is where I'm a bit unsure. I would complete an online declaration form as I haven't been watching live TV in the kitchen, but I can't speak for anyone else. If I did that and they established that someone had been watching live TV in there, would I be committing an offence? Also, if they come round and find that someone's been watching TV in the kitchen, can they actually establish who it was? Any fines for the communal area from the university go to everyone but I don't want a fine off of the tv licencing people when I have a licence for my room and have only been watching live tv in my room.