Motor Vehicles: Registration
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many replacement V5C log books have been issued every year for the past five years.
Answered by Simon Lightwood
The table below shows the volume of vehicle registration certificates (V5C)s issued via the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)’s ‘I want to request a Vehicle Registration Certificate’ service in the last five calendar years.
Year | Volume |
2021 | 1,681,491 |
2022 | 1,662,295 |
2023 | 1,872,820 |
2024 | 2,060,845 |
2025 | 2,159,180 |
The table below shows the volume of fraudulently obtained genuine V5Cs which were identified following investigations by the DVLA in the last five financial years.
Year | Volume |
2025-26 | 2123 |
2024-25 | 2990 |
2023-24 | 1993 |
2022-23 | 1610 |
2021-22 | 2418 |
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