Just a quick update. The Lexus my son wrote off last year has now been taxed and insured but the DVLA site still says the last V5C was issued in 2016.
The site also reports that VW Golf he bought in February was issued with a new V5C on 8th April, so hopefully we'll get that one soon.
The fact that the DVLA were apparently issuing V5Cs on the Saturday of the Easter Bank Holiday weekend makes me wonder if they are working through a logbook backlog.