§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the ranges of the vehicle registration numbers in Northern Ireland which have not been issued; what arrangements he has made for the sale of those numbers; when he now expects to dispose of them; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MossRegistration marks in the following series have not been issued:
Marks 1 to 99 in each of the following series:
ABZ, BBZ, BDZ, CBZ, DBZ, DDZ, DUI, EDZ, FDZ, FIL, GDZ, IIW, IXI, JJI, JIW, JXI, KIB, KJI, KXI, LIB, LJI, LXI, MIB, MXI, NXI, OXI, WIJ, XIJ, CDZ, JIB, YIJ.
Marks 1 to 999 in each of the following series:
AAZ, BAZ, CAZ, DAZ, EAZ, EBZ, EUI, FAZ, FBZ,GBZ, GIL, GUI, HBZ, HUI, IBZ, IDZ, IIL, JBZ, JDZ, KBZ, KDZ, KIW, LDZ, LIW, MDZ, MIW, MJI, NDZ, NIB, NIW, NJI, OIB, OIW, OJI, PIW, PDZ, PIB, PXI, RDZ, RIB, RIW, RJI, RXI, SDZ, SIB, SXI, TIB, TJI, TXI, UIB, UXI, VIB, VXI, WIB, WXI, XXI, YXI.
Marks 1 to 1999 in the following series:
JIL, HIL, LIL.
The series FUI and KIL were not issued since it was considered that their use might give rise to offence.
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Northern Ireland—the agency with responsibility for the registration of vehicles in Northern Ireland—is considering the administrative arrangement, including the need for legislation, which would be required to enable these marks to be offered for sale to the public. I hope to be in a position to make an announcement in a few months about the introduction of a sale of marks scheme in Northern Ireland.