In 2024, Gwent advised having put in place a process that would cause weeding to cease. However:
- Gwent do not routinely monitor the process
- We can evidence a November 2025 example of weeding i.e. the process is still occurring
- Gwent have declined to disclose the PNC ‘alerts’ they receive of potential weeding, this despite:
- Having previously done so
- There should be no data/ alerts to disclose!
This request for further information about ‘UNconfirmed PNC LoS Markers For VRMs[1], and the responses, can be found at – FoIA Request of Gwent for Weeding Statistics along with commentary; ’23/12/2025 to Gwent Police – the Irony of Information to Supress’.
If Gwent police can ‘override’ the process by immediately CONFIRMING the LoS report (albeit they do not) it follows that the process is unnecessary.
However, should Gwent have looked to their own internal, manual conduct, to address the issue?
This issue appears to require attention at source; for the need to CONFIRM to be removed.
Rather than a Heath-Robinson, manual (and thereby fallible) quick fix, the issue needs to be addressed at a single point.
[1] https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/unconfirmed_pnc_los_markers_for