Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 76757

Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

Tabled: 11 September 2025
Answered: 19 September 2025

Question

Dr Al Pinkerton

Liberal Democrat — Surrey Heath

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of granting additional enforcement powers to authorities to tackle number plate cloning.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council and other government departments to improve the identification and enforcement of number plate crime, including the use of cloned number plates. It is alrea...
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