Question follow-through · 29549

Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to (a) the police, (b) local authorities and (c) other authorities on removing covers from illicitly-covered licence plates in public spaces to help enforce exi

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
6 Feb 2025
Target answer date
10 Feb 2025
Answer
13 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to (a) the police, (b) local authorities and (c) other authorities on removing covers from illicitly-covered licence plates in public spaces to help enforce exi

  2. 10 Feb 2025

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  3. 13 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    Disguising a vehicle’s identity is an offence and should be reported to the police to be investigated and, where appropriate, taken through the courts.The Home Office has not issued any specific guidance on the removal of covers from licence plates.

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