Parking Offences
Commons · Question 15421 · Tabled 21 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Grahame Morris
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department issues on the powers available to (a) local authorities and (b) the police to (i) remove and (ii) seize a vehicle parked on a public highway that does not have valid insurance.
Answer
Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 26 Nov 2024
The Government takes uninsured driving very seriously and is determined to see a reduction in this offence. Since 2005, the police have had the power to seize vehicles that are being driven without insurance and as of 2020, two million vehicles had been s...