Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 76083

Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

Tabled: 9 September 2025
Answered: 17 September 2025

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

Conservative — Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to (a) detect and (b) reduce the use of ghost number plates designed to evade Automatic Number Plate Recognition systems.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The table below shows the number of occasions where members of the public have contacted the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) about correspondence, fines or penalties that they have received from third parties about the use of vehicles which the...
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