Question follow-through · 120168
Immobilisation of Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many instances of cars being illegally unclamped have been reported to the Police by the DVLA since 1st March 2025.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 11 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 30 Mar 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many instances of cars being illegally unclamped have been reported to the Police by the DVLA since 1st March 2025.
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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30 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency does not hold a record of instances reported to the police. However, since 1 March 2025, just under 28,000 immobilisation devices were unlawfully removed from a vehicle before the wheelclamping company returned to i...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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