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Vehicle Number Plates

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of the use of show plates on licensed vehicles used on public roads; whether her Department has considered prohibiting the fitting of show plates to vehicles

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
18 Mar 2026
Answer
20 Mar 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of the use of show plates on licensed vehicles used on public roads; whether her Department has considered prohibiting the fitting of show plates to vehicles

  2. 18 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The DVLA does not routinely collect data on the prevalence of different physical plate types fitted to vehicles. The Department for Transport is reviewing motoring offences and is consulting on introducing penalty points and vehicle seizure for being in c...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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