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Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what targets her Department sets for DVLA enforcement checks of the register of number plate suppliers.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
30 Oct 2025
Target answer date
4 Nov 2025
Answer
4 Nov 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what targets her Department sets for DVLA enforcement checks of the register of number plate suppliers.

  2. 4 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    While there are no specific targets set, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) aim to audit each registered number plate supplier at least once every three years.The DVLA supports Trading Standards and the police in prosecuting suppliers who fail...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Possible follow-up questions

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Motor Vehicles: Ownership

17 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons vehicles may not have registered keepers.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

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.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

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.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

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

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

11 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the availability of signage for EV charging points on A-roads and on the strategic road network.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

11 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that signage for EV charging stations can be erected in the same way as for a fuel pump.