Assessment of Likely Causation
If the difference in LoS notifications received by Gwent police and conveyed to the DVLA results from a failure to CONFIRM PNC LoS notification at the point of report, hundreds of VRMs are not recorded as LoS on PNC or at the DVLA.
Regarding the 2024 data (above), this having been obtained in 2025, it appears 100’s of VRMs are affected; notified to Gwent police as ‘stolen’, recorded as such on their constabulary crime recording database/software but no longer on PNC or at the DVLA.
It appears the recent (11/2025) weeded VRM example – above – is a VRM that was not confirmed for 6 weeks and in respect of which Gwent would not have acted unless we had alerted to the ‘recovery’ (removal from PNC LoS register) activity
Recommended Immediate Actions
If weeding has caused 100’s of VRMs to ‘fall off’ the PNC LoS register and not to be recorded at the DVLA it appears:
- An audit needs to be undertaken to establish to which and how many vehicles this applies
- Enquiries to be undertaken of any activity at
- the DVLA and
- Vehicle Provenance companies between the date of LoS and now
- Post LoS date keepers to be contacted
- The PNC LoS markers to be reinstated where there is no post-LoS date keeper change