Question follow-through · 76086
Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been for using (i) ghost and (ii) cloned licence plates in each of the last five years.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 9 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 17 Sept 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
9 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been for using (i) ghost and (ii) cloned licence plates in each of the last five years.
11 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Ministry of Justice publishes data on prosecutions and convictions for a wide range of offences, including offences relating to motor vehicle licence, trade licence, registration mark, trade plate and registration book offences (except forgery and dec...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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