Question follow-through · 122917
Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to review the penalties for the use or supply of illegal number plates designed to evade automatic number plate recognition systems.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 23 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 25 Mar 2026 · 2 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to review the penalties for the use or supply of illegal number plates designed to evade automatic number plate recognition systems.
25 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Government recognises the impact of number plate crime and is committed to addressing this issue. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council and other government departments to improve the identi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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