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If you or someone you know is being abused you can tell us about this, either by calling 101 or online. If you have a hearing or speech impairment, use our textphone service on 18001 101.
If there's an immediate risk to someone's safety, please call 999. If you have a hearing or speech impairment, use our textphone service 18000 or text us on 999 if you’ve pre-registered with the emergencySMS service.
This scheme enables the police to release information about any previous history of violence or abuse a person might have.
Under Clare's Law you can:
Please note: The Clare’s Law (DVDS) scheme does not replace: CRB (Criminal Record Bureau) Checks, DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) checks, subject access requests or FOI requests.
You can make a DVDS request in two ways, online or at a police station.
Online
You'll need the following details, if possible, to make your request:
Click 'Start' below to begin your application.
At a police station
You can go to any police station to make a request. A police officer or member of police staff will take down some details and talk you through the next steps.
You'll be asked to give your:
We will do an initial review of the application as soon as possible to assess whether:
If the application does progress it will be referred to a member of staff who will contact you in 10 working days of the application being made.
If we do decide to share information about the person you've made a request about, we'll only share that information with the person who is at risk of harm or the person who is best placed to protect that person from harm.
If we think someone is at risk, we or our partner agencies, will take action.
We aim to complete applications within 28 working days, but there may be reasons why it takes longer than this. If it does, we will let you know.