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Vehicle Number Plates

Original answer

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) may issue a personalised registration number to a foreign mission on request, subject to availability. Any foreign mission is able to have a maximum of two personalised registration numbers at any given time.

The table below show which foreign missions have been issued with one or two personalised registrations.

Foreign missions with one personalised registration
Afghanistan	Korea
Angola	Kosovo
Antigua & Barbuda	Kuwait
Argentina	Latvia
Armenia	Lebanon
Australia High Commission	Lesotho
Austria	Liberia
Bangladesh	Libyan
Belgium	Lithuania
Belize	Luxembourg
Bolivia	Madagascar
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Malaysia
Botswana	Maldives
Brazil	Malta
Bulgaria	Mauritania
Burundi	Mauritius
Cambodia	Mexico
Cameroon	Moldova
Canada	Morocco
Chile	Mozambique
China	Montenegro
Columbia	Myanmar
Commonwealth Secretariat	Nepal
Cote d’Ivoire	Norway
Croatia	Oman
Cuba	Pakistan
Cyprus	Panama
Czech Republic	Papua New Guinea
Democratic people`s republic of Korea	Peru
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Philippines
Denmark	Qatar
Dominica High Commission	Romania
Dominican Republic	Rwanda
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts	Saint Kitts & Nevis
Ecuador	Senegal
El Salvador	Sierra Leone
Estonia	Singapore
Ethiopia	Slovakia
European Delegation to the UK	Slovenia
Fiji	South Africa High Commission
Finland	South Australia
France	Spain
Gabon	Sri Lanka
Gambia	St Lucia
Georgia	St Vincent & Grenadines
Germany	Sudan
Greece	Sweden
Grenada	Tajikistan
Guinea	Tanzania
Guyana	Tonga
Haiti	Trinidad & Tobago
Honduras	Tunisia
Hungary	Turkmenistan
Iceland	Uganda
International Maritime Organisation	Ukraine
India	Uruguay
Indonesia	Uzbekistan
Iran	Victoria (consulate)
Italy	Vietnam
Jamaica	Western Australia
Japan	Yemen
Jordan	Zambia
Kazakhstan	Zimbabwe
Kenya
Foreign missions with two personalised registrations
Brunei
Ghana
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria

The answer was corrected by Simon Lightwood (Labour)

on Wednesday, 15 July 2026 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Corrected answer

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) may issue a personalised registration number to a foreign mission on request, subject to availability. Any foreign mission is able to have a maximum of two personalised registration numbers at any given time.

The table below show which foreign missions have been issued with one or two personalised registrations.

Foreign missions with one personalised registration
Afghanistan	Korea
Angola	Kosovo
Antigua & Barbuda	Kuwait
Argentina	Latvia
Armenia	Lebanon
Australia High Commission	Lesotho
Austria	Liberia
Bangladesh	Libyan
Belgium	Lithuania
Belize	Luxembourg
Bolivia	Madagascar
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Malaysia
Botswana	Maldives
Brazil	Malta
Bulgaria	Mauritania
Burundi	Mauritius
Cambodia	Mexico
Cameroon	Moldova
Canada	Morocco
Chile	Mozambique
China	Montenegro
Columbia	Myanmar
Commonwealth Secretariat	Nepal
Cote d’Ivoire	Norway
Croatia	Oman
Cuba	Pakistan
Cyprus	Panama
Czech Republic	Papua New Guinea
Democratic people`s republic of Korea	Peru
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Philippines
Denmark	Qatar
Dominica High Commission	Romania
Dominican Republic	Rwanda
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts	Saint Kitts & Nevis
Ecuador	Senegal
El Salvador	Sierra Leone
Estonia	Singapore
Ethiopia	Slovakia
European Delegation to the UK	Slovenia
Fiji	South Africa High Commission
Finland	South Australia
France	Spain
Gabon	Sri Lanka
Gambia	St Lucia
Georgia	St Vincent & Grenadines
Germany	Sudan
Greece	Sweden
Grenada	Tajikistan
Guinea	Tanzania
Guyana	Tonga
Haiti	Trinidad & Tobago
Honduras	Tunisia
Hungary	Turkmenistan
Iceland	Uganda
International Maritime Organisation	Ukraine
India	Uruguay
Indonesia	Uzbekistan
Iran	Victoria (consulate)
Italy	Vietnam
Jamaica	Western Australia
Japan	Yemen
Jordan	Zambia
Kazakhstan	Zimbabwe
Kenya
Foreign missions with two personalised registrations
Brunei
Ghana
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Portugal
Russian Federation

Foreign missions with one personalised registration
Afghanistan	Korea
Angola	Kosovo
Antigua & Barbuda	Kuwait
Argentina	Latvia
Armenia	Lebanon
Australia High Commission	Lesotho
Austria	Liberia
Bangladesh	Libyan
Belgium	Lithuania
Belize	Luxembourg
Bolivia	Madagascar
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Malaysia
Botswana	Maldives
Brazil	Malta
Bulgaria	Mauritania
Burundi	Mauritius
Cambodia	Mexico
Cameroon	Moldova
Canada	Morocco
Chile	Mozambique
China	Montenegro
Columbia	Myanmar
Commonwealth Secretariat	Nepal
Cote d’Ivoire	Norway
Croatia	Oman
Cuba	Pakistan
Cyprus	Panama
Czech Republic	Papua New Guinea
Democratic people`s republic of Korea	Peru
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Philippines
Denmark	Qatar
Dominica High Commission	Romania
Dominican Republic	Rwanda
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts	Saint Kitts & Nevis
Ecuador	Senegal
El Salvador	Sierra Leone
Estonia	Singapore
Ethiopia	Slovakia
European Delegation to the UK	Slovenia
Fiji	South Africa High Commission
Finland	South Australia
France	Spain
Gabon	Sri Lanka
Gambia	St Lucia
Georgia	St Vincent & Grenadines
Germany	Sudan
Greece	Sweden
Grenada	Tajikistan
Guinea	Tanzania
Guyana	Tonga
Haiti	Trinidad & Tobago
Honduras	Tunisia
Hungary	Turkmenistan
Iceland	Uganda
International Maritime Organisation	Ukraine
India	Uruguay
Indonesia	Uzbekistan
Iran	Victoria (consulate)
Italy	Vietnam
Jamaica	Western Australia
Japan	Yemen
Jordan	Zambia
Kazakhstan	Zimbabwe
Kenya
Foreign missions with two personalised registrations
Brunei
Ghana
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

11753

Session

2026-27

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