Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 46954

Taxis: Vehicle Number Plates

Tabled: 22 April 2025

Answered: 25 April 2025

Named Day

Question

Sarah Coombes

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of (a) taxi and (b) private hire vehicles that use number plates that do not conform with regulations.

Answer

Simon Lightwood

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council, various police forces and Trading Standards in relation to the supply and use of illegal number plates as well as number plates with raised characters, commonly k...

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