WESTMINSTER RADAR
Search
My MPs
Menu

Question follow-through · 81260

Motor Vehicles: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the illegal use of the vehicle registration numbers of legitimate car owners.

answeredDepartment for Transport

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
16 Oct 2025
Answer
16 Oct 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Transport

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the illegal use of the vehicle registration numbers of legitimate car owners.

  2. 16 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council and other government departments to improve the identification and enforcement of number plate crime, including the use of cloned number plates. The law req...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Post Office: Contracts

27 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what differences there are between the (a) contact due to end in March 2027 and (b) the new contract for services provided by the Post Office.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Road Traffic

27 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to review the National Road Traffic Projection before the end of 2026.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

28 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2025 to Question 51813 on Electric Vehicles: Charging Points, whether her Department has had recent discussions with the Department of Infrastructure in Northern Ireland on the

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

3 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2025 to Question 85702 on Electric Vehicles: Charging Points, what information his Department holds on whether the 127 additional electric vehicle charging points will be (a

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Shipping: Carbon Emissions

18 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has been made of the reduction in shipping emissions by the end of the Parliament.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Driving: Young People

21 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to announce additional measures to support young and novice drivers.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Aviation: Electric Vehicles

27 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps is she taking to support the development of electric vertical take off and landing vehicles in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Aviation: Northern Ireland and Scotland

27 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if the Future of Flight Industry Group will consider air taxi routes in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) Scotland.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Citroën and DS Automobiles: Air Bags

1 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with Stellantis on the (a) recall and (b) check of (i) Citroën and (ii) DS Automobiles branded cars potentially affected by a airbag safety fault.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Oil: Russia

2 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions in the past three years has cargo being transported in UK waters been found to contain oil sourced in or through Russia.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Citroën and DS Automobiles: Air Bags

5 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to WPQ 95613. whether she has had confirmation from Stellantis that all vehicles have been checked, declared safe to drive and returned to owners.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Freight: Insolvency

5 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to WPQ 94153, what discussions she has had with representatives of the road haulage industry to help ensure sufficient capacity exists to meet demand given the change in numbers declaring insolvency.