Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud
Commons · Question 12564 · Tabled 23 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Rebecca Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many motorists were prosecuted for displaying an illegally altered or obscured registration plate in each of the last five years.
Answer
Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 1 Jul 2026
The Department for Transport and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency do not hold the information requested. On road enforcement of number plate offences is a matter for the police.