FOI 197/25 Claires Law Applications

Enquiry Reference: 197 - 25                                                                                           

I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request. Below is your request and our response.

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from your police authority. Please may you provide me with the number of Clare's Law applications you have received since the law came into force in March 2014. 

Please provide the information in the form of an Excel spreadsheet detailing the number of applications per year, spanning 2014 to 2024 inclusive. 

The below table contains the volume of applications received per year for both right to ask and right to know.

Could you please also provide the average time it took to complete each application per year - similarly if that could be provided in an Excel spreadsheet that would be brilliant.

The analyst has taken the data from the days between the application date and closure date then made the table below for the average days per year.

However please note that although every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete, it is important to note that this data has been extracted from a   data source used by the Force for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any recording system.

Care should be taken to understand our return when considering the interpretation or further use of the data

Please note that all statistical data supplied in relation to Freedom of Information requests is a snapshot of data held at the time the request was received by the Freedom of Information office and is subject to constant change/updates.

The Cleveland Police response to your request is unique and it should be noted that Police Forces do not use generic systems or identical procedures to capture and record data therefore responses from Cleveland Police should not be used as a comparison with any other force response you receive.

If you are not satisfied with this response or any actions taken in dealing with your request, you have the right to request an independent internal review of your case under our review procedure. The Freedom of Information Code of Practice (see below link) states that a request for internal review should be made within 20 working days of the date on this response or 40 working days if extenuating circumstances to account for the delay can be evidenced. Public authorities are not obliged to accept internal reviews after this date.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/freedom-of-information-code-of-practice

Yours sincerely

Information Rights Decision Maker