ISLE OF MAN REGISTRATION SEQENCES

Summary

The requester asked for the Department of Infrastructure's plan for vehicle registration sequences after the current 'TMN' series is exhausted. The authority responded that no such plans exist yet because the current series will last approximately five years.

Key Facts

• The Department of Infrastructure does not hold information regarding future registration sequences.
• The current registration series (TMN) is expected to take approximately five years to complete.
• No decisions or plans have been made for the next sequence due to the long timeframe involved.
• The request was received on 30 October 2025 and closed on 25 November 2025.

Data Disclosed

• TMN
• 30 October 2025
• 25 November 2025
• five years
• 5048329

Original Request

WHAT IS THE DEPARMENTS PLAN, WHEN THE CURRENT END OF NEXT IN LINE REGISTRATIONS IS FINISHED, WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN THE LETTER TMN. WHAT WILL BE THE NEXT SEQUENCE AFTER THE LAST STARTING LETTER AVAILVABLE IN THE ALAPHABET IS USED?

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Department of Infrastructure Sea Terminal Building, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2RF

Contact: FOI Response Team Telephone: (01624) 686785 Email: dpo-doi@gov.im

Our ref: 5048329 25 November 2025

Dear ###

We write further to your request received 30 October 2025, which states:

"WHAT IS THE DEPARMENTS PLAN, WHEN THE CURRENT END OF NEXT IN LINE REGISTRATIONS IS FINISHED, WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN THE LETTER TMN. WHAT WILL BE THE NEXT SEQUENCE AFTER THE LAST STARTING LETTER AVAILVABLE IN THE ALAPHABET IS USED?"

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the public authority does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find the information that you have requested.

This is not something the Department has considered yet, as the current range of registrations will take approximately five years to complete. The Department will need to decide how the next sequence will be configured. However, at this stage, there are no plans in place and no decision papers have been submitted due to the timeframes involved

Please quote the reference number 5048329 in any future communications.

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I will now close your request as of this date.