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Written question asked by Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party) on Monday, 5 January 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 8 January 2026 (named day). It was answered by Jake Richards (Labour) on Thursday, 8 January 2026 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of offences connected with the use of illegal number plates on vehicles in the last four years.

Answer

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on convictions for a variety of offences including offences involving the use of illegal number plates on vehicles, in the Outcomes by Offences tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal justice statistics quarterly - GOV.UK.

The number of convictions related to the illegal use of vehicle number plates can be accessed by navigating to the ‘Overall Volumes’ tab and filtering the “HO offence code” drop down for:

  • 81403 - Fraud, forgery etc. associated with registration and licensing documents (MOT)
  • 81090 - Other motor vehicle licence, trade licence, registration mark, trade plate and registration book offences (except forgery and deception offences) (MOT).

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
102719
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Convictions Fraud Vehicle number plates
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk