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Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the use of cloned vehicle registration plates.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
8 Jul 2025
Target answer date
10 Jul 2025
Answer
14 Jul 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the use of cloned vehicle registration plates.

  2. 10 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The Government understands how distressing this criminal activity can be for innocent motorists. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council and other government departments to improve the identificat...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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