Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 79035

Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

Conservative — Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has made of whether there are (a) regional and (b) other geographic trends in the number of suspected cloned number plate reports between 2020 and 2024.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
It is an offence to use a vehicle displaying cloned number plates which is punishable by an unlimited fine and/or up to two years in prison. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council and other gover...
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