Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 85357
Parking: Automatic Number Plate Recognition
Tabled: 27 October 2025
Answered: 30 October 2025
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Mr Richard Holden
Conservative — Basildon and Billericay
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October to Question 78690 on Automatic Number Plate Recognition, whether his Department plans to change rules on the use of automatic number plate re
Answer
Miatta FahnbullehThe use of Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR), or indeed any surveillance technology, as the sole means of enforcement of parking contraventions by local authorities was restricted by the Deregulation Act 2015.The government has received advice fro...
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