| Heading: |
Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud |
| Question ID: |
1816571 |
| UIN: |
62846 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-25 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5288 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dr Al Pinkerton
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Dr Al Pinkerton
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of making number plate cloning a criminal offence. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-30 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4029 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lilian Greenwood
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| Answering Member handle: |
LilianGreenwood
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@LilianGreenwood
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| Answer text: |
It is already a criminal offence, punishable by a fine of up to £1000, to supply a number plate without checking if the purchaser is entitled to use the registration number. It is also an offence to use a cloned number plate on a vehicle which on convicti... |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |