Sparks Project

View from the UK Parliament

As the profile of the issues surrounding foreign registered vehicles rises, politicians across the spectrum are beginning to recognise the economic and societal consequences arising from growing numbers of foreign vehicle owners ignoring UK driving and parking rules.

Questions have been tabled by politicians across the political spectrum. They reflect concerns that the Government is not yet working proactively to resolve the data sharing and legal issues between the UK and other EU member states that prevent enforcement of penalty notices against foreign registered vehicles.

Costs of Penalty Evasion
Cross Border Penalty Enforcement EU
Databases and Data Protection
Deposit System
Draft Local Transport Bill
DVLA
European Electronic Tolling Systems
FRVs and Accidents
HGVs on UK Roads
House of Lords debates
Parking Penalties
Prum Treaty
Road Charging
Sixth Month Rule and Registration
The Northern Irish Angle
Lord Roberts of Llandudno: To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Adonis on 4 February (WA 134-35) and in the light of the proportion of heavy goods vehicles prohibited by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency which are from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Irel...

24 February 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what procedures are in place for recovering penalties imposed for road traffic offences committed in Northern Ireland by drivers whose vehicles are registered (a) in other parts of the United Kingdom and (b) in other European countries;...

04 June 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the number of vehicles registered in the Republic of Ireland which used roads in Northern Ireland in each of the last six years.16 April 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many road traffic offences were recorded in Northern Ireland for drivers whose vehicles were registered in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland, (d) the Republic of Ireland and (e) other European countries in each of the last six ye...

27 March 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much and what percentage of total unpaid parking fines in Northern Ireland attributable to foreign registered vehicles relate to vehicles registered in the Republic of Ireland.29 November 2006 [view answer] [Hansard]
The size of the problem

Facts & Figures

  • London's local authorities issue six million penalty charge notices a year
  • 86% of penalty charge notices issued in London are for illegal parking
  • 75% of penalties issued to UK-registered vehicles are paid within a fortnight
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