Serious Disruption Prevention Orders 1202/2025

FOI Reference: 1202/2025

Request

This email is a formal Freedom of Information Request. If available, please provide a breakdown of the following information for the Serious Disruption Prevention Order(s) (SDPOs) that your force has issued under Sections 12 or 14 of the Public Order Act 1986.  

1. The number of SDPOs that were issued between 5 April 2024 and 31 October 2025. 
2. The prohibitions and/or requirements that were imposed by the SDPOs referred to in Q1
3. The number of SDPOs referred to in Q1 that were breached and/or in the event that a single SDPO was breached more than once, the total number of breaches between 5 April 2024 to 31 October 2025. 
4. For breaches of SDPOs between 5 April 2024 and 31 October 2025, the enforcement action, including any prosecutions, taken in response.  

Response

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does not hold the information requested, this is due to the fact that Nil ‘SDPOs’ were issued between 5 April 2024 and 31 October 2025. 

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 18/12/2025)