Written Question·Home Office·UIN 67169

Vehicle Number Plates: Crime

Tabled: 11 July 2025
Answered: 17 July 2025
Named Day

Question

Sarah Edwards

LabourTamworth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of vehicles involved in criminal activity have had non-compliant licence plates in the last 12 months.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
The Home Office does not collect information related to the compliance of licence plates for vehicles which have been involved in criminal activity. Data may be held by local police forces.Data be held locally by law enforcement organisations.