FOI 16866-25 FPNs and Court for Vehicle Reg

Request to Northamptonshire Police

The total number of Fixed Penalty Notice and court fines which were given for licence plate offences, specifically the following offences related to the Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001 under section 11:

VE94134 Drive a vehicle when the registration mark fails to conform with regulations

VE94151 Drive a vehicle with registration mark obscured / indistinguishable

VE94135 Keep a vehicle when registration mark fails to conform with the regulations

VE94047 Keep a vehicle with registration mark obscured

Response

VE94134 Drive a vehicle when the registration mark fails to conform with regulations

2022 Fixed Penalty Notice 237 Court 17
2023 Fixed Penalty Notice 165 Court 12
2024 Fixed Penalty Notice 152 Court 11
2025 Fixed Penalty Notice 28 Court 1

VE94151 Drive a vehicle with registration mark obscured / indistinguishable

2022 Fixed Penalty Notice 1 Court 0
2023 Fixed Penalty Notice 0 Court 2
2024 Fixed Penalty Notice 1 Court 0
2025 Fixed Penalty Notice 0 Court 0

VE94135 Keep a vehicle when registration mark fails to conform with the regulations

2022 Fixed Penalty Notice 16 Court 0
2023 Fixed Penalty Notice 16 Court 1
2024 Fixed Penalty Notice 9 Court 0
2025 Fixed Penalty Notice 2 Court 0

VE94047 Keep a vehicle with registration mark obscured

2022 Fixed Penalty Notice 3 Court 0
2023 Fixed Penalty Notice 0 Court 1
2024 Fixed Penalty Notice 2 Court 1
2025 Fixed Penalty Notice 0 Court 0