Question follow-through · 85991
Vehicle Number Plates
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people with criminal convictions are on the register of number plate suppliers.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 28 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 3 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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- Motor Vehicles: Registration · 13 Nov 2025
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Recorded timeline
28 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people with criminal convictions are on the register of number plate suppliers.
3 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Nov 2025
Answer published
The information requested about the number of people with criminal convictions, including fraud, is not held by the Department.The DVLA supports Trading Standards and the police in prosecuting suppliers who fail to meet the requirements of the relevant le...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud
30 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what targets her Department sets for DVLA enforcement checks of the register of number plate suppliers.
Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud
30 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many suppliers struck off the register of number plate suppliers due to (a) malpractice and (b) selling number plates illegally have rejoined the register.
Vehicle Number Plates: Postal Services
3 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of registered number plate suppliers have addresses registered to PO boxes.
Vehicle Number Plates: Postal Services
3 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish a breakdown of the number of registered number plate suppliers registered to each of the most commonly used PO boxes.
Motor Vehicles: Registration
13 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of vehicle registered keepers have provided a PO Box as an address.
Motor Vehicles: Registration
13 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fines the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has issued to people who failed to update their V5C logbook in each of the last five years.
Motor Vehicles: Registration
13 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fines the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has issued to people who have failed to update their address on their driving license in each of the last five years.
Motor Vehicles: Ownership
17 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons vehicles may not have registered keepers.
Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud
24 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many suppliers has the DVLA returned to the Register of Number Plate Suppliers following their removal from the Register.
Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud
24 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the DVLA can provide a list of suppliers who have been struck off the Register of Number Plate suppliers since 2020.
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Enforcement
24 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many days per year the DVLA's enforcement officers are on the road.
Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud
3 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the answer of 2 March 2026 to question 115655, what safeguards and checks the DVLA has in place to ensure the 1,840 number plate suppliers who have been struck off the register of number plate