Automatic Number Plate Recognition
Commons · Question 104599 · Tabled 9 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Joshua Reynolds
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many instances of ANPR failure linked to tampered or unreadable number plates have been recorded by (a) police forces and (b) National Highways in the past three years.
Answer
Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 19 Jan 2026
The Government does not collect data on instances of ANPR failure recorded by police forces. National Highways (NH) holds data from 27 July 2023 onwards with regard to the Dartford Crossing, since the introduction of the new Dart Charge service. As part o...