Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 92073

Motor Vehicles: Registration

Tabled: 18 November 2025
Answered: 25 November 2025

Question

Jim McMahon

Labour (Co-op)Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicle registration numbers are held on expired retention certificates; and what the estimated value of those registration numbers is.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
While the information requested about expired retention certificates may be available, it would need to be extracted from different databases and can only be provided at disproportionate cost.