Question follow-through · 67169

Vehicle Number Plates: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of vehicles involved in criminal activity have had non-compliant licence plates in the last 12 months.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
11 Jul 2025
Target answer date
17 Jul 2025
Answer
17 Jul 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of vehicles involved in criminal activity have had non-compliant licence plates in the last 12 months.

  2. 17 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 17 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The Home Office does not collect information related to the compliance of licence plates for vehicles which have been involved in criminal activity. Data may be held by local police forces.Data be held locally by law enforcement organisations.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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