Question follow-through · 15421

Parking Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department issues on the powers available to (a) local authorities and (b) the police to (i) remove and (ii) seize a vehicle parked on a public highway that does not have valid insurance.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
21 Nov 2024
Target answer date
26 Nov 2024
Answer
26 Nov 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department issues on the powers available to (a) local authorities and (b) the police to (i) remove and (ii) seize a vehicle parked on a public highway that does not have valid insurance.

  2. 26 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 26 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The Government takes uninsured driving very seriously and is determined to see a reduction in this offence. Since 2005, the police have had the power to seize vehicles that are being driven without insurance and as of 2020, two million vehicles had been s...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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