Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
(asked on 2nd June 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plan to impose financial penalties on vehicle manufacturers who used defeat devices.
This question was answered on 12th June 2023
Under powers introduced under this government, the Secretary of State has civil powers to fine up to £50,000 in respect of defeat device usage per offence. If the offence is prosecuted as a criminal offence, in particularly serious cases in England that can increase to an unlimited fine.