Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud
Commons · Question 107269 · Tabled 20 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Scott Arthur
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of unlawful number plates on (a) the ability of the police to trace hit-and-run drivers and (b) efforts to reduce the proportion of untraced driver claims ha
Answer
Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 28 Jan 2026
While those specific assessments have not been made, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council and other government departments to improve the identification and enforcement of number plate crime. O...