Written Question·Home Office·UIN 68111

Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

Tabled: 15 July 2025
Answered: 21 July 2025
Named Day

Question

Sarah Coombes

LabourWest Bromwich

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that the Automatic Number Plate Recognition network is able to identify (a) false and (b) cloned number plates.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
ANPR is a valuable tool to help the police tackle crime and keep the road safe. We keep the effectiveness of police and law enforcement use of ANPR under regular review, to ensure it remains a robust tool for identifying vehicles of interest to the police...

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