Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 123254

Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

Tabled: 24 March 2026

Answered: 31 March 2026

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential remits of (a) stopping the production of number plates with raised lettering (b) amending the BS AU 145f standards for number plates to make (i) clone pl

Answer

Lilian Greenwood

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is part of the British Standards Institution (BSI) committee that has recently reviewed the current standard for number plates, BS AU 145e. The proposed amendments to the British Standard include measures int...

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