The transfer of PNC LOS records is not ‘live’, i.e., it is not in real-time. Instead, the stolen data transfers are made at a given time(s) during a day. If, for example, the transfer occurs at 8 am each day, the following continuity would not see a LoS notification to the police pass to the DVLA:
- 6 am, a vehicle is reported stolen and added to the PNC LoS register
- 7 am, the vehicle is located and removed from the PNC LoS register
- 8 am, the LoS records transfer to the DVLA but will not include the above vehicle as, whilst it has been the subject of a theft allegation, it was added to and removed from the PNC LoS register before the upload.
If this were to explain the substantial anomaly, the constabulary would have an exceptional and astoundingly prompt recovery rate!
• Foreign Registered?
If a vehicle, on a non-UK VRM was stolen, the police may be able to create a record on PNC for the overseas plate – but would this transfer to the DVLA?
• Unregistered Vehicle
Not all vehicles are registered with the DVLA, for example, some off-road quad bikes, whilst a ‘vehicle’ (and likely have a VIN) are not assigned a VRM.