Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions have been brought for the use of illegal car registration plates in each year since 2010.

The Department for Transport are responsible for the policy and legislation governing vehicle registration numbers, which must be displayed in accordance with the legal requirements contained in the Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001.

Data on offences committed under the Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001 are not reported centrally to the Ministry of Justice. Such information may be held by the individual courts in England and Wales but could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.