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Question follow-through · 74034

Motor Vehicles: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with the DVLA on reducing the number of vehicles with no registered keeper on the roads.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
1 Sept 2025
Target answer date
4 Sept 2025
Answer
4 Sept 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 1 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with the DVLA on reducing the number of vehicles with no registered keeper on the roads.

  2. 4 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    There are long-standing and robust measures, including legislative requirements, in place to ensure that keepers notify the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) when they buy and sell a vehicle. It is already an offence to use a vehicle that does no...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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