THE DRIVER and Vehicle Licensing Agency has revealed the new ’20’ numberplates deemed too offensive or provocative for our roads.

New style ‘plates come in every March and September, and as ever the most recent letter and number combinations have resulted in many being withheld by the DVLA.

The ‘suppressed’ registrations, drawn up by a team of 15 people, comprise the usual outlawed prefixes and suffixes — GOD and JEW are automatically banned, for example.

This time around the group has deemed dozens of dodgy variations too risqué, including political declarations such as EU20 NO, EU20 OUT, EU20 FKD, EU20 WAR and EU20 YES — all likely to incite strong reactions from other drivers thanks to their clear Brexit-related connections.

Other banned plates include M20 RON, SC20 TUM and UG20 HEL. The likes of AS20 OLE, BJ20 BOY and MY20 DCK are also being withheld.

The DVLA reserves plates for which it thinks it can charge a premium, selling them through its website and at auctions. Since 1989 this has raised more than £2.5 billion for the Treasury, though officials at the DVLA offices in Swansea hold meetings twice a year to decide on the plates to ban.

A spokesman said: “The vast majority of registration numbers are made available but the agency holds back any combinations that may cause offence, embarrassment, or are in poor taste. Many people enjoy displaying a personalised registration number and there are over 50 million registrations available on our website with almost endless possibilities of combinations to suit a person’s taste, interests and budget.”

Autumn 2015 was not regarded as a vintage set of registrations for creative spelling combinations, with the ’65’ launch including everything from the moderately rude HU65 ASS to the outright offensive FA65 GTT.

Another coveted release was the spring 2011 collection, with the ’11’ plate allowing combinations such as BU11 DOG and, for bikers, FA11 OFF.

However, amid the Covid-19 pandemic it’s highly likely March sales took a nosedive. Sales figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders are expected later this week, but with car dealerships closed for the next three months, except for a few service centres providing vital repairs, and potential buyers likely to be concerned about job security, the 20 plate may be one of the rarer editions to find homes.

The banned 20 numberplates

*A20 HAG

*A20 HLE

*A20 HOL

*A20 NAL

*A20 OLE

*A20 RSE

*A20 SOL

*B20 JOB

*B20 LCK

*B20 LKS

*B20 MEE

*B20 OMB

*B20 WME

*C20 CK*

*C20 LRD

*F20 FF*

*F20 OFF

*G20 FUC

*G20 HEL

*G20 HLL

*G20 OK*

*G20 SHT

*H20 ASH

*H20 MO*

*J20 HAD

*K20 CK*

*M20 NG*

*M20 RON

*N20 GER

*N20 GGA

*N20 GGR

*N20 GRR

*P20 EDO

*T20 SSR

*T20 SER

*U20 REM

AA20 RYN

AA20 YAN

AB20 ORT

AM20 FKR

AP20 EDO

AP20 SSY

AR20 N**

AR20 YNS

AS20 BOY

AS20 HOL

AS20 HLE

AS20 OL*

AS20 OLE

BJ20 BOY

BJ20 GAL

BJ20 GRL

BJ20 LAS

BL20 JB*

BL20 JJB

BL20 JO*

BL20 JOB

BL20 WJB

BL20 WUP

BO20 CK*

BO20 OCK

BO20 X**

BS20 TDS

BS20 TDZ

BS20 TRD

BU20 GAR

BU20 GER

BU20 GGR

BU20 GRD

BU20 GRR

BU20 GRS

BU20 GRY

CO20 N**

CR20 PLE

CR20 PPL

EU20 BAD

EU20 BOM

EU20 FKD

EU20 FWC

EU20 GON

EU20 LME

EU20 NO*

EU20 OFF

EU20 OUT

EU20 SHT

EU20 WAR

EU20 YES

FA20 NNY

FA20 WAH

FC20 KER

FF20 FF*

FF20 KED

FF20 KER

FK20 CKR

FK20 CR*

FK20 KR*

FK20 SXY

GA20 GED

GA20 GER

GA20 NJA

GB20 BAD

GB20 BOM

GB20 DED

GB20 DWN

GB20 EDL

GB20 FKD

GB20 FKT

GB20 GNG

GB20 GUN

GB20 HTR

GB20 KKK

GB20 KLL

GB20 KLR

GB20 KLS

GB20 MOB

GB20 SHT

GB20 WAR

GO20 HLL

GO20 HEL

GO20 WAR

GO20 SHT

GR20 PED

GR20 PER

GR20 PR*

GY20 PO*

GY20 PPD

GY20 PPO

HA20 SH*

HO20 KER

HO20 KKR

HO20 KRR

MA20 TYR

MU20 DER

MU20 GAR

MU20 GDD

MU20 GED

MU20 GER

MU20 GGD

MU20 GGR

MU20 RDR

MY20 COX

MY20 DCK

MY20 DYC

MY20 DYK

MY20 MOT

MY20 MUF

MY20 NOB

MY20 ONG

MY20 PRC

MY20 PRK

NG20 GAR

NG20 GER

NG20 GRR

NG20 NOG

NO20 ARM

NO20 BKS

NO20 BLK

NO20 CKS

NO20 CLT

NO20 COX

NO20 DCK

NO20 DKS

NO20 DYC

NO20 DYK

NO20 FWC

NO20 FWF

NO20 GAY

NO20 GYS

NO20 HRH

NO20 JOB

NO20 LEG

NO20 LGS

NO20 LGZ

NO20 NOB

NO20 PKY

NO20 UK*

PE20 ADO

PE20 RVT

PO20 FFY

PE20 VRT

PO20 FF*

PO20 FS*

PO20 FTR

PO20 N**

PP20 EDO

PR02 ZZY

PR20 CKK

PR20 CKS

RA20 HED

RA20 APE

SH20 AGG

SH20 AGR

SH20 GAR

SH20 GED

SH20 GER

SH20 GGD

SH20 GGS

SH20 HOT

SL20 AAG

SL20 AGG

SL20 GGS

SL20 PER

SM20 ACK

SO20 OMY

ST20 BBB

ST20 BBD

ST20 BBR

ST20 BBS

ST20 BBZ

ST20 BED

ST20 BER

ST20 BSS

TO20 SRR

TW20 T**

U*20 REM

UD20 UGY

UF20 CCK

UF20 CKA

UF20 CKK

UF20 CKR

UF20 CKS

UF20 KER

UF20 UKA

UF20 UKR

UG20 HEL

UK20 BAD

UK20 BOM

UK20 DED

UK20 DWN

UK20 EDL

UK20 FKD

UK20 FKT

UK20 GNG

UK20 GUN

UK20 HTR

UK20 KKK

UK20 KLL

UK20 KLR

UK20 KLS

UK20 LAA

UK20 LAH

UK20 LAR

UK20 LAS

UK20 LED

UK20 LEM

UK20 LER

UK20 LLA

UK20 LLR

UK20 MOB

UK20 SHT

UK20 WAR

VA20 GNA

VU20 LVA

WH20 REE

WH20 RES

WO20 G**

YE20 DTH

YE20 WAR

YS20 DTH

YS20 WAR

SC20 TUM

RE20 APE

*W20 G**

*C20 PLE

*C20 PPL

*C20 K**

J*20 HAD

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