Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 85357

Parking: Automatic Number Plate Recognition

Tabled: 27 October 2025
Answered: 30 October 2025
Named Day

Question

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 Fahnbulleh
The 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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