Clare's Law 411/2025

FOI Reference: 411/2025

Request

This is a request made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (also known as Clare's Law).

Please provide the following data from 2014 up until the most current date available, broken down by calendar year.

If data as early as 2014 is not available, please provide it from the first available date onwards.

In the event that you decide answering me in full would exceed the cost limit, please answer what you can, prioritising my requests in the order I have asked them. Please provide annual totals of:

1. All applications under the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme
2. "Right to know" applications under the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme
3. The number of disclosures made after a "right to know" application
4. "Right to ask" applications under the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme
5. The number of disclosures made after a right to ask application
6. The number of disclosures made within 28 days of a "Right to ask" application
7. The number of disclosures made after 28 days of a "Right to ask" application
8. The longest time it took for a "right to ask" disclosure to be provided

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

Response Q1

The below is the earliest available data, due to the fact that without knowing who the applicants were pre 2021, there would be no means of ascertaining figures between 2014 - 2020, due to the recording systems in place at that time.

2021 – 211 (x2 Unknown whether RTA/RTK)

2022 – 349

2023 – 504  

2024 – 789

Response Q2

2021 – 99 applications

2022 – 186 applications

2023 – 251 applications

2024 – 370 applications

Response Q3

2021 – 48 disclosures

2022 – 102 disclosures

2023 – 152 disclosures

2024 – 201 disclosures

Response Q4

2021 – 110 applications

2022 – 163 applications

2023 – 253 applications

2024 – 419 applications

Response Q5

2021 – 30 disclosures

2022 – 73 disclosures

2023 – 69 disclosures

2024 – 140 disclosures

Response Q6

Apr-Dec 2024 – 96 completed within 28 days

Response Q7

Apr-Dec 2024 – 44 completed after 28 days

Response Q8

Apr-Dec 2024 - 92 days

Please note: In relation to Q6 – Q8, we only started recording the timings from April 2024 onwards.

It should be noted that as a result of the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such information that the information released may or may not be accurate.

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 25/04/2025)