Question follow-through · 100284

Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 15 December 2025 to WPQ 98745, how many (a) vehicle owners and (b) people on the Register of Number Plate Suppliers have been (i) charged, and (ii) convicted of offences connected with

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Department for Transport
Tabled
16 Dec 2025
Target answer date
5 Jan 2026
Answer
5 Jan 2026 · 20 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 16 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 15 December 2025 to WPQ 98745, how many (a) vehicle owners and (b) people on the Register of Number Plate Suppliers have been (i) charged, and (ii) convicted of offences connected with

  2. 5 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) does not hold information about the number of vehicle keepers who have been convicted for number plate offences as enforcement of number plates offences is a matter for the police. The DVLA does not have the ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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