The UK has one of the worst records in Western Europe for uninsured driving with an estimated one in every twenty cars on the road being driven without insurance. This results in every honest motorist in the UK paying up to £30 of their insurance premium to compensate the innocent victims of these cheats, and the problem is growing at a dramatic rate.
The Motor Insurance Database (MID) was set up by the insurance industry to help combat this crime, and the police are now the MID's biggest customer, making over 3.8 million enquiries per month. The DVLA, with over 1 million enquiry transactions a month in support of their Electronic Vehicle Licensing operation, is the second largest user of the MID. The Police can seize any vehicle where they have reasonable grounds to believe it is uninsured. In 2006 over 50,000 vehicles were seized, of which 40% were subsequently sold or destroyed.
The link below will let you check if you vehicle is insured.