Question follow-through · 73848
Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to tackle number plate cloning; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of vehicle cloning on (a) the finances, (b) the legal position and (c) other factors
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 1 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to tackle number plate cloning; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of vehicle cloning on (a) the finances, (b) the legal position and (c) other factors
3 Sept 2025
Target answer date
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8 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and other government departments to improve the identification and enforcement of number plate crime, including the use of cloned number plates. The ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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