HC Deb 11 December 1996 vol 287 cc258-9W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the markers associated with vehicle data stored on the police national computer indicating when such markers are used. [7554]

Mr. Maclean

Details of markers associated with vehicle data stored on the police national computer cannot be divulged since to do so may be prejudicial to the prevention and detection of crime and the security of the state.

Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the markers associated with criminal record data stored on the police national computer indicating when such markers are used. [7556]

Mr. Howard

The following types of marker may be held for subjects with criminal record data stored on the police national computer:

  • Warning Signals
  • Information Markers
  • Local Cross-References.

Warning signals contain information about the subject which should be immediately communicated to officers for the protection of themselves, the subject and others.

Information markers contain useful and operationally important information about the subject.

Local cross-references are used to identify the existence of information about a subject held on other police systems.

Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the data fields which are currently used in relation to vehicle information stored on the police national computer. [7553]

Mr. Maclean

The following data fields relating to the vehicles application are held on the police national computer:

  • Vehicle Registration Mark (VRM);
  • VRM previously allocated to the vehicle;
  • The Vehicle Identification Number allocated by a manufacturer;
  • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) make/model/body/colour code;
  • Engine serial number and capacity;
  • Registered owner's name and address;
  • Month and year of first registration in the United Kingdom and name of the Vehicle Registration Office;
  • Number and layout of wheels;
Vehicle history:
  • permanently exported;
  • scrapped or seriously damaged;
  • previous owner has indicated they no longer own the vehicle;
  • vehicle has been subject to a cherished transfer;
  • local authority has disposed of a vehicle;
  • vehicle is subject to direct/personal export regulations;
  • lost/stolen/recovered date;
  • date vehicle was scrapped;
  • VRM has been transferred to another vehicle;
  • date on which the registered keeper last changed;
  • date when vehicle description details were last updated.
 An indicator to show that the vehicle details are as notified by the previous owner; An indicator to show that the contents of the DVLA record have been queried; An indicator to show that the vehicle excise licence has been expired for more than three months; An indicator to show that the vehicle owner is entitled to diplomatic privilege; An indicator to show whether foreign or Great Britain registered; Owner/creator of the vehicle details which have been entered by the police (used when no DVLA information is available).

In addition, various reports may be added by the police service to a vehicle record for operational police use. The report types available are lost/stolen, found, information, restricted—so that information is not given out over the air, correction, seen and removed, into custody or from street to street.