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Motor Vehicles: Registration

Asked by Sarah CoombesLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 82438

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were penalised for driving a vehicle with no registered keeper in the last five years.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

While the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) maintains a register of vehicles and their keepers, on road enforcement of the law rests primarily with the police.

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