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1141784

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of trends in the number of cloned vehicles in the UK in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
uin	281670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not keep statistics on the number of cloned vehicles as this is a matter for the police.</p><p> </p><p>If the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is notified of a suspected cloned vehicle, it will investigate and where appropriate, amend the vehicle record and issue a replacement vehicle registration number. The DVLA will also pass on any intelligence gathered to the police.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 09/09/2019 14:18:05 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb

1141787

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are being taken by (a) his Department and (b) the DVLA to tackle vehicle cloning.
tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
uin	281672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport takes this issue very seriously and we appreciate how distressing this criminal activity can be for innocent motorists. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) works closely with the police, the motor trade, vehicle data checking companies and the vehicle security industry to help deal with this issue. A list of things a prospective purchaser should look for to help ensure that the identity of the vehicle they are buying is correct is shown on the GOV.UK website</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 09/09/2019 14:27:52 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb

973227

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to encourage traffic enforcement teams to check with the DVLA vehicle enquiry service before issuing penalty notices in order to avoid problems caused by potential vehicle license plate cloning.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	174783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The purpose of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s (DVLA) Vehicle Enquiry Service is to provide some details about the vehicle being checked, for example its licensing status.</p><p> </p><p>The DVLA already has existing secure data sharing arrangements in place which are used by the police and local authorities for enforcement purposes.</p><p> </p><p>If the registered keeper of a vehicle suspects that their number plate has been cloned, they should contact the police and the authority that issued any disputed penalty notice for investigations to be carried out. The DVLA is also able to issue a new registration number where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/10/2018 10:55:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

964285

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of the move away from paper tax discs on levels of registration plate cloning fraud.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	169560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>There is no evidence to suggest that there is a link between the removal of paper tax discs and levels of registration plate cloning.</p><p> </p><p>There are robust measures in place to protect the integrity of the number plate system which have never relied on the availability of paper tax discs. Since 2003, number plate suppliers in England and Wales have been required to register with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s (DVLA) Register of Number Plate Suppliers. This requirement was extended to Scotland and Northern Ireland in 2008.</p><p> </p><p>This regime was introduced to protect the integrity of number plates by ensuring that suppliers check a customer’s identity to ensure their entitlement to the registration number before selling them a replacement number plate. A team of DVLA enforcement officers conduct regular compliance visits to suppliers and work closely with the police and trading standards officials to share intelligence and support investigations and prosecutions.</p><p> </p><p>DVLA will investigate where customers believe that their vehicle registration number is being used fraudulently.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/09/2018 14:23:12 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

867159

registered interest
date	19/03/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the use of illegal car registration plates.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Laura Pidcock
uin	133277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>The law requires anyone who supplies number plates for road use in the UK to be registered with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA). It is a legal requirement for suppliers to carry out checks to ensure that number plates are only sold to those who can prove they are entitled to the registration number. Number plate suppliers must also keep records of the plates they have supplied.</p><p> </p><p>The DVLA visits number plate suppliers to monitor compliance with the legal requirements. The DVLA also works closely with both the police and trading standards to share intelligence and to support investigations and prosecutions of suppliers who do not comply with the legal requirements.</p><p> </p><p>Enforcement of the law relating to the display of number plates is a matter for the police. The police can issue a fixed penalty if a vehicle is displaying an illegal number plate. When notified by the police that an offence has been committed, the DVLA will write to the registered keeper of the vehicle concerned. This letter will notify the keeper that the registration number must be correctly displayed or it will be permanently withdrawn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/03/2018 14:07:12 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4665 label Biography information for Laura Pidcock

787011

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many instances of number plate fraud have been recorded in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	112341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not hold information about instances of number plate fraud as this is a matter for the police to investigate.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/11/2017 15:47:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

722547

registered interest
date	19/04/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cases of vehicle licence plate cloning there have been in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	71342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not hold information about the number of cases of possible vehicle registration number plate cloning. However, between 2012 and 2016 the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency issued 233 replacement registration numbers to vehicle keepers who believed that their vehicle registration number may have been cloned.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 24/04/2017 13:01:19 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

722549

registered interest
date	19/04/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to protect victims of vehicle licence plate cloning from receiving driving penalties for driving offences they have not committed.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	71341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Transport takes the use of false number plates very seriously. All suppliers of vehicle number plates must, by law, be registered with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA). Number plate suppliers must keep records of the plates they sell and make these records available for inspection by the police or local authorities. The records must show that number plates have been sold to someone who has proved that they are entitled to display the registration number and provided proof of identity.</p><p> </p><p>If the registered keeper believes that their vehicle’s number plate has been cloned, they should report this to the police who will investigate. Any fines or correspondence the registered keeper receives for offences they are not responsible for should be returned to the issuing authority with an explanation of the circumstances. The registered keeper of a vehicle can also contact the DVLA to request a new registration number if they believe their number plate is being used by another vehicle.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 24/04/2017 14:15:06 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson