Sarah Coombes MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Electric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12870More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of levels of signage for EV chargepoints on A-roads and the strategic road network on consumer demand for electric vehicles.
Answer: In a move to help EV drivers plug into the rapidly expanding charging network, Government is working with industry to modernise EV charging signage. Changes announced in July 2025 now allow larger EV charging hubs to be signposted from major A-roads. Resp...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress she has made on rolling out signage on A-roads and the Strategic Road Network for EV charge points.
Answer: In a move to help EV drivers plug into the rapidly expanding charging network, Government is working with industry to modernise EV charging signage. Changes announced in July 2025 now allow larger EV charging hubs to be signposted from major A-roads. Resp...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: RegistrationDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8432More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the robustness of DVLA systems to prevent vehicle fraud.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Agency takes the integrity of its registers very seriously. Access to systems is strictly controlled and monitored and there is a detailed audit trail. The registration process has been reviewed to ensure robustness and specialised ...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: RegistrationDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8431More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to prevent DVLA employees from fraudulently creating new V5C logbooks.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Agency takes the integrity of its registers very seriously. Access to systems is strictly controlled and monitored and there is a detailed audit trail. The registration process has been reviewed to ensure robustness and specialised ...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number PlatesDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8430More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the most recent estimate is of the number of registered number plate suppliers with the DVLA.
Answer: As of 31 May 2026, there are 35,768 number plate suppliers registered with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency.
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: RegistrationDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many replacement V5C log books have been issued every year for the past five years.
Answer: The table below shows the volume of vehicle registration certificates (V5C)s issued via the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)’s ‘I want to request a Vehicle Registration Certificate’ service in the last five calendar years.YearVolume20211,681,491...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: TheftDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the DVLA's processes to prevent stolen vehicles from being disguised or cloned by criminals.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has measures in place to help prevent criminal or fraudulent activity. If an application is made for a vehicle registration certificate (V5C) and the DVLA has not been told that the registered keeper has disp...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: RegistrationDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she makes of the number of V5C logbooks that were obtained fraudulently every year for the last five years.
Answer: The table below shows the volume of vehicle registration certificates (V5C)s issued via the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)’s ‘I want to request a Vehicle Registration Certificate’ service in the last five calendar years.YearVolume20211,681,491...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAutomatic Number Plate RecognitionDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129282More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of ANPR misreads occurred in each of the last five years of the DfT's roadside surveys.
Answer: The Department does not readily hold figures on the percentage of ANPR misreads from vehicle excise duty evasion statistics roadside survey. Misreads are managed through quality assurance and correction processes, with any remaining uncertainty reflected ...
Answered 27 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordRoad Traffic Offences: Organised CrimeDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123105More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the number of Notice of Impending Prosecution farms operating in the UK.
Answer: The Department for Transport does not issue Notice of Intended Prosecutions and is not responsible for enforcing against any illegal activity related to this process. These are matters for the police.
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number Plates: West MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many DVLA-registered number plate suppliers are based in (a) West Bromwich and (b) Sandwell.
Answer: The tables below show the number of registered number plate suppliers based in West Bromwich and Sandwell by postcode area. As postcode boundaries do not always align with administrative borders, two postcodes appear in both tables. Postcode areas may als...
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of ultra-rapid charging hubs along A-roads and motorways are eligible for roadside signage.
Answer: Clear and consistent electric vehicle (EV) signage is essential to support the EV transition, ensuring drivers can confidently and safely undertake journeys. We’re modernising EV road signage so drivers can more easily find chargers.Changes announced in J...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120102More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that signage for EV charging stations can be erected in the same way as for a fuel pump.
Answer: Clear and consistent electric vehicle (EV) signage is essential to support the EV transition, ensuring drivers can confidently and safely undertake journeys. We’re modernising EV road signage so drivers can more easily find chargers.Changes announced in J...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the availability of signage for EV charging points on A-roads and on the strategic road network.
Answer: Clear and consistent electric vehicle (EV) signage is essential to support the EV transition, ensuring drivers can confidently and safely undertake journeys. We’re modernising EV road signage so drivers can more easily find chargers.Changes announced in J...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number Plates: FraudDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the answer of 2 March 2026 to question 115655, what safeguards and checks the DVLA has in place to ensure the 1,840 number plate suppliers who have been struck off the register of number plate
Answer: The 1,840 suppliers who were removed from the Register of Number Plate Suppliers (RNPS) since 2020 includes those suppliers who were removed voluntarily, suppliers that have ceased trading and those whose removal was ordered by a court. Suppliers who were...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDriver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: EnforcementDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115656More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many days per year the DVLA's enforcement officers are on the road.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)’s Register of Number Plate suppliers (RNPS) enforcement officers are on the road auditing number plate suppliers three to four days a week. Other days are reserved for administration, training, meetings with ...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number Plates: FraudDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115655More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the DVLA can provide a list of suppliers who have been struck off the Register of Number Plate suppliers since 2020.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)’s Register of Number Plate suppliers (RNPS) enforcement officers are on the road auditing number plate suppliers three to four days a week. Other days are reserved for administration, training, meetings with ...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number Plates: FraudDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115654More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many suppliers has the DVLA returned to the Register of Number Plate Suppliers following their removal from the Register.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)’s Register of Number Plate suppliers (RNPS) enforcement officers are on the road auditing number plate suppliers three to four days a week. Other days are reserved for administration, training, meetings with ...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: OwnershipDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91579More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons vehicles may not have registered keepers.
Answer: Vehicles that are currently in the motor trade may legitimately have no registered keeper as well as vehicles that have been sold but the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has not yet been notified of the new keeper. There will also be cases wher...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: RegistrationDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90941More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fines the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has issued to people who have failed to update their address on their driving license in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) does not allow individual vehicle keepers to use a PO Box address to register their vehicles. Fleet companies are able to use a PO box address but this must always be accompanied by the full and verifiable po...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: RegistrationDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90940More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fines the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has issued to people who failed to update their V5C logbook in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) does not allow individual vehicle keepers to use a PO Box address to register their vehicles. Fleet companies are able to use a PO box address but this must always be accompanied by the full and verifiable po...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: RegistrationDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90938More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of vehicle registered keepers have provided a PO Box as an address.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) does not allow individual vehicle keepers to use a PO Box address to register their vehicles. Fleet companies are able to use a PO box address but this must always be accompanied by the full and verifiable po...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number Plates: Postal ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87502More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish a breakdown of the number of registered number plate suppliers registered to each of the most commonly used PO boxes.
Answer: Of the 34,455 registered number plate suppliers, seven (0.02%) have a PO box address. All seven of these PO box addresses are different.
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number Plates: Postal ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87501More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of registered number plate suppliers have addresses registered to PO boxes.
Answer: Of the 34,455 registered number plate suppliers, seven (0.02%) have a PO box address. All seven of these PO box addresses are different.
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number Plates: FraudDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86843More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many suppliers struck off the register of number plate suppliers due to (a) malpractice and (b) selling number plates illegally have rejoined the register.
Answer: While there are no specific targets set, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) aim to audit each registered number plate supplier at least once every three years.The DVLA supports Trading Standards and the police in prosecuting suppliers who fail...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
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