FOI 11740 and 11741 Illegal number plate statistics & force policy

Ref No: FOI 11740 and 11741

Category: Safety Cameras / Speeding / Roads policing

Request

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NOs: West Mercia Police 11740 and Warwickshire Police 11741

I write in connection with your requests for information which were received on 26^th April 2019. Please find below the responses to your requests for West Mercia Police and Warwickshire Police information:

The request is specific to your police force and regards illegal vehicle number plates.

Please note: if you are unable to provide an answer to question 2, please still provide data for question 1, without asking me to re-submit my request.

My questions are as follows:

1. Please provide me with the number of offences recorded by your police force for motorists who had missing or obscured number plates, or number plates with illegal spacing/characters/font/coloured-screws etc. Please provide this data for 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 and 2014, breaking the results down year-by-year.

2. Please also inform me if your constabulary has an official position on this issue. I have been told officers in some forces will not investigate reports of illegal number plates from members of the public due to a lack of resources and manpower. Please confirm what you force's position is for pulling over motorists with/responding to reports of/issuing penalties for illegal number plates.

Response

West Mercia Police 11740 and Warwickshire Police 11741 REPLY 1:

Please see attached Tables

West Mercia Police 11740 and Warwickshire Police 11741 REPLY 2:

No information held.