Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the resources available to the DVLA to seize untaxed vehicles.

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) aims to make vehicle excise duty easy to pay but hard to avoid.

A comprehensive package of measures is in place to tackle vehicle excise duty evasion, ranging from reminder letters, penalties and court prosecutions through to the use of Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras, wheelclamping and the removal of unlicensed vehicles. The DVLA holds monthly meetings with their wheelclamping and removal partners to ensure resources are maximised and performance targets are being met.

The DVLA also have devolved powers partners (DPPs) who adopt the DVLA’s legal powers to clamp and remove untaxed vehicles. These include various local authorities and police forces across the UK.