Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 120928

Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

Tabled: 16 March 2026

Answered: 20 March 2026

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the percentage of licensed vehicles operating in Greater London that are fitted with ghost, stealth or otherwise ANPR-defeating number plates; what data is collected by

Answer

Lilian Greenwood

The DVLA does not routinely collect data on the prevalence of different physical plate types fitted to vehicles. The Department for Transport is reviewing motoring offences and is consulting on introducing penalty points and vehicle seizure for being in c...

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