Question follow-through · 113569
Motor Vehicles: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of trends in the level of vehicle registrations sold at DVLA auctions being immediately resold for profit; what safeguards are in place to prevent speculative purch
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 20 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 26 Feb 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of trends in the level of vehicle registrations sold at DVLA auctions being immediately resold for profit; what safeguards are in place to prevent speculative purch
24 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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26 Feb 2026
Answer published
The personalised registrations scheme has been operated by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) since 1989 and has raised more than £3 billion for HM Treasury. The scheme is operated in line with the law and established terms and conditions, wit...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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