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Question follow-through · 115656

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Enforcement

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many days per year the DVLA's enforcement officers are on the road.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
24 Feb 2026
Target answer date
2 Mar 2026
Answer
2 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many days per year the DVLA's enforcement officers are on the road.

  2. 2 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)’s Register of Number Plate suppliers (RNPS) enforcement officers are on the road auditing number plate suppliers three to four days a week. Other days are reserved for administration, training, meetings with ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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