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Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

Asked by Rebecca SmithConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 1 July 2026UIN 12564

The question

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.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

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.

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