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Question follow-through · 46954

Taxis: Vehicle Number Plates

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of (a) taxi and (b) private hire vehicles that use number plates that do not conform with regulations.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
22 Apr 2025
Target answer date
25 Apr 2025
Answer
25 Apr 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of (a) taxi and (b) private hire vehicles that use number plates that do not conform with regulations.

  2. 25 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 25 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council, various police forces and Trading Standards in relation to the supply and use of illegal number plates as well as number plates with raised characters, commonly k...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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