Clare's Law 133/2026

FOI Reference: 133/2026

Request:

Under Freedom of Information since the introduction of Clare's Law please provide the number of instances when police provided disclosure on (i) on request and (ii) voluntarily out of concern for safety, per calendar year ending 31 December 2025.

Clarification Sought:

1)      can you please be more specific in timeframe please?

2)      The DVDS establishes two procedures for disclosing information, safety and risk management:

‘Right to Ask’ is triggered by a member of the public applying to the police for a disclosure.
‘Right to Know’ is triggered by the police making a proactive decision to disclose information to protect a potential victim.

Is this what you are referring to in points i) and ii)?

Clarification Received:

As the request states "since the inception of Clare's Law per calendar year ending with December 2025.

In terms of your other enquiry, yes the Right to ask and Right to know are correct

Response:

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

2025

Total number of applications

Right to Ask – 652

Right to Know – 548

Total number of disclosures

Right to Ask – 210

Right to Know – 248

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 17/02/2026)