Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 104599

Automatic Number Plate Recognition

Tabled: 9 January 2026

Answered: 19 January 2026

Question

Mr Joshua Reynolds

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many instances of ANPR failure linked to tampered or unreadable number plates have been recorded by (a) police forces and (b) National Highways in the past three years.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood

The Government does not collect data on instances of ANPR failure recorded by police forces. National Highways (NH) holds data from 27 July 2023 onwards with regard to the Dartford Crossing, since the introduction of the new Dart Charge service. As part o...

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