Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 99650
Automatic Number Plate Recognition: Reviews
Tabled: 12 December 2025
Answered: 19 December 2025
Question
Gregory Stafford
Conservative — Farnham and Bordon
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to review the use of automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) technology to ensure it can effectively detect vehicles with obscured or altered number plates.
Answer
Lilian GreenwoodNo assessment of potential financial losses as a result of vehicles using obscured or false number plates has been made. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council and other government departments to...
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