DfT spokesman found to be 'paltering'
DfT spokesman said, "...the vast majority of motorists paid tax on their vehicles correctly."
Yes, but that 'truth' precisely fails to respond to the present point.
BBC: "Misleading by 'telling the truth' is so pervasive in daily life that a new term has recently been coined to describe it: paltering."
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20171114-the-disturbing-art-of-lying-by-telling-the-truth