Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud
Commons · Question 98745 · Tabled 10 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Gregory Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the level of use of illegal number plates between 2021 and 2025.
Answer
Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 15 Dec 2025
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) does not hold data on the level of use of illegal number plates. On road enforcement is a matter for the police. The DVLA works with the National Police Chiefs’ Council and other government departments to imp...