Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 5612

Parking Offences: Automatic Number Plate Recognition

Tabled: 12 September 2024
Answered: 8 October 2024

Question

Helen Whately

ConservativeFaversham and Mid Kent

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2024 to Question 2438, whether her Department has issued guidance on the use of automatic number plate recognition by local authorities as a parking enforcement tool.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
The Department does not issue specific guidance pertaining to the use of automatic number plate recognition (ANPR). ANPR technology is not certified for the purpose of civil enforcement of road traffic contraventions by local authorities. In contrast to t...

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