Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 113569

Motor Vehicles: Registration

Tabled: 20 February 2026

Answered: 26 February 2026

Question

Jamie Stone

Liberal Democrat — Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of trends in the level of vehicle registrations sold at DVLA auctions being immediately resold for profit; what safeguards are in place to prevent speculative purch

Answer

Simon Lightwood

The personalised registrations scheme has been operated by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) since 1989 and has raised more than £3 billion for HM Treasury. The scheme is operated in line with the law and established terms and conditions, wit...

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