FOI 391-2025 / Apr 2025 / VRN offences
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 391-2025
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 2nd April 2025 as follows:
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information for the last three years in which the information is available.
The total number of Fixed Penalty Notice and court fines which were given for licence plate offences, specifically the offence related to the Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001 under section 11.
Please find the Warwickshire Police response set out below.
Response: Please note that the below table represents the number of Fixed Penalty Notices issued for the following number plate offences, recorded during the stated period:
- Drive a vehicle when the registration mark fails to conform with regulations
- Drive a vehicle with registration mark obscured / indistinguishable
- Keep a vehicle when registration mark fails to conform with the regulations
|
Offence |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
Total |
|
Drive a vehicle when the registration mark fails to conform with regulations |
58 |
60 |
53 |
171 |
|
Drive a vehicle with registration mark obscured / indistinguishable |
2 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
|
Keep a vehicle when registration mark fails to conform with the regulations |
6 |
4 |
9 |
19 |
|
Grand Total |
66 |
66 |
65 |
197 |
Regarding the request for court fines, this is not information held by Warwickshire Police and you may wish to direct your request to HMCTS.
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate as possible.
Your attention is drawn to the below which details your right of complaint.
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write or email the Freedom of Information Unit quoting the reference number above.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Unit
Warwickshire Police
PO Box 4
Leek Wootton
Warwickshire
CV35 7QB