DVLA has screwed me over. What now?

Yep, they are not saying they’ve ‘lost’ them, they’re saying that they don’t exist, and if they don’t exist then I didn’t pass the test. ■■■■■■■■
I thought that all my info was attached to my driver number, as well, but no apparently not.
Because I passed the test before the info was amalgamated all onto a plastic licence it must have been different.