Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud
(asked on 31st October 2025) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to review the penalties for driving with a non-compliant or ghost number plate.
This question was answered on 5th November 2025
Cloned and misrepresented plates are a serious problem which cause distress to innocent people and provide cover for criminals.
The Home Office and the Department for Transport are working closely with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC), Trading Standards and local authorities to improve the identification and enforcement of number plate crime.