Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 107269

Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

Tabled: 20 January 2026

Answered: 28 January 2026

Question

Dr Scott Arthur

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of unlawful number plates on (a) the ability of the police to trace hit-and-run drivers and (b) efforts to reduce the proportion of untraced driver claims ha

Answer

Lilian Greenwood

While those specific assessments have not been made, 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. O...

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