Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud
Commons · Question 99652 · Tabled 12 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Gregory Stafford
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate the Government has made of the financial losses suffered by businesses as a result of vehicles using obscured or false number plates to commit fuel theft or evade charges.
Answer
Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 19 Dec 2025
No assessment of potential financial losses as a result of vehicles using obscured or false number plates has been made. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council and other government departments to...