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Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

Asked by Mr Calvin BaileyLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 13 February 2025UIN 29549

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to (a) the police, (b) local authorities and (c) other authorities on removing covers from illicitly-covered licence plates in public spaces to help enforce exi

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

Disguising a vehicle’s identity is an offence and should be reported to the police to be investigated and, where appropriate, taken through the courts.The Home Office has not issued any specific guidance on the removal of covers from licence plates.

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