Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 97216

Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

Tabled: 4 December 2025

Answered: 8 December 2025

Question

Jim McMahon

Labour (Co-op) — Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of ghost number plate enforcement in England.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood

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 and “ghost” number plates....

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