Written Question·Home Office·UIN 76084

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 the Home Department, what technologies are employed by law enforcement agencies to identify vehicles using (a) ghost and (b) cloned licence plates; and what plans her Department has to (i) improve and (ii) expand such cap

Answer

Sarah Jones
Police and law enforcement agencies use the National Automated Numberplate Recognition (ANPR) Capability and associated technologies to detect and respond to criminal use of ghost and cloned licence plates.The Government will continue to support the polic...
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