DVLA pulls plug on dirty plates

LICENCE plates appearing to spell out ‘Slut’, ‘Bum’, ‘Shag’ and ‘Bugger’ have been banned by the DVLA.

Almost 250 registrations have been rejected or withdrawn in the past two years.

Chiefs say the usual reasons are because they contain swear words or ‘unintended humour’.

They include ‘DD12 UNK’, ‘LE61 ESS’, ‘DR12 UGS’, ‘2HAG, ‘2LUT’, ‘BUM’ and ‘BU62 GER’.

And the agency also chose to ban the plate ‘J1 HAD’.

A spokesman said: “We have withdrawn them as they could cause offence or embarrassment on the grounds of political or racial sensitivities or are in poor taste.”

Saeed Khouri, a member of a prominent Abu Dhabi family, bought the registration ‘1’ – for a whopping £7milion in 2008.