Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 120927

Vehicle Number Plates

Tabled: 16 March 2026
Answered: 20 March 2026

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of the use of show plates on licensed vehicles used on public roads; whether her Department has considered prohibiting the fitting of show plates to vehicles

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
The DVLA does not routinely collect data on the prevalence of different physical plate types fitted to vehicles. The Department for Transport is reviewing motoring offences and is consulting on introducing penalty points and vehicle seizure for being in c...
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