FOI 85/26 Clare's Law
Date: 16/02/26
Enquiry Reference: FOI 85-26
I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request. Below is your request and our response.
1) The total number of Disclosure Requests made under the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (also known as “Clare’s Law”)" during the period 1st January 2025 up to and including 31st December 2025 by gender, age, & ethnicity.
For your ease of reference, please provide the details for the “Person at Risk” i.e. the person for whom the enquiry has been made by directly and/or on behalf of.
- a) In the calendar year of 2025 there were 2627 Clare's law applications received under both Right to ask and Right to know.
The gender breakdown of those recorded as the person at risk on the application is as follows.
Female – 2509
Male – 118
The age groups of those recorded on Clare's law applications is as follows. Some records were missing DOB
|
16-25 |
670 |
|
26-35 |
944 |
|
36-45 |
661 |
|
46-55 |
245 |
|
56-65 |
66 |
|
66-75 |
14 |
|
76-85 |
5 |
The ethnicity is not recorded.
2) During the period 1st January 2025 up to and including 31st December 2025 please provide the gender of the person making the enquiry regarding their current partner and/or the person making the enquiry directly on behalf of the “Person at Risk.”
- a) We record the gender of the person at risk. The gender of the applicant if not the person at risk is not recorded as standard. This could be a support worker, third party services, control room contact.
Having made enquiries within the Force above is all the information we hold. 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.
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https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/freedom-of-information-code-of-practice
Yours sincerely
Information Rights Decision Maker