(No they are not - PVR rates are the same as they have been for years)
Not according to the AFPRB Report of 2006. They get some of the dots in the right place, but can't seem to join them....
http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/6D265...b_rpt_2006.pdf
In general, the latest information suggests a worrying reverse of recent stable trends with an upturn in PVR application and exit rates during 2004-05 and into early 2005-06.