The codes are also known as PNC or Phoenix Codes, or the 6+1 system.
All information relating to simple cautions (as well as convictions) issued for a recordable offence is retained on the Police National Computer (PNC).
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From 1995 cautions were recorded on the Police National Computer, and it was recommended that cautions should be retained for 5 years, though each police force could follow its own guidelines.
The UK government Police National Computer (PNC) project was evolved in the early 1970s, and was launched in 1974 with Stolen Vehicles as its initial database.
The mainframe is connected to the end user by a multitude of ways, for high volume users (i.e. other police forces) via secure IP network, for low volume users a secure dial-up link provided by Cable & Wireless.
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