FOI 1332-2025/26- Clare’s Law applications
Request:
- Applications received
Please provide the total number of Clare’s Law applications received in the following calendar years:
2023
2024
2025
- Outcomes of applications
For each of the above years, please provide:
a) The number of applications that resulted in a disclosure being made
b) The number of applications that did not result in a disclosure
If available, please also include the number of applications withdrawn or not progressed.
- Nature of offences disclosed
For the most recent ten cases in 2025 where a disclosure was made, please provide:
a) The primary offence disclosed in each case
b) Please ensure all responses are fully anonymised and redacted to avoid identifying individuals. A brief description of the offence type (for example, “assault occasioning actual bodily harm”, “coercive and controlling behaviour”) is sufficient.
- Repeat offenders
a) Please provide the number of disclosures (for each year listed above, if available) where the subject of the disclosure had:
More than one recorded domestic abuse-related offence or incident
If your systems do not allow this exact breakdown, please provide the closest available equivalent measure and explain any limitations.
Response:
Extent of Searches to Locate Information
Following receipt of your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police to locate relevant information.
Decision
I am not obliged to provide you with a response to your request pursuant to Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act). Please note that when one part of your request falls under Section 12, we are not obliged to review the rest of the questions and the whole request is therefore exempt.
Section 12(1) applies to your request as the cost of complying with your request is above the amount to which we are legally required to respond i.e. the cost of identifying and retrieving any relevant information exceeds the ‘appropriate level’ as stated in the Freedom of Information (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004.
Due to the nature of our recording systems the information requested, if held, is not in an easily retrievable format. Our information retrieval process generally relies on a computer ran report which captures any information recorded upon the surface of a record or within specified fields. Where relevant information is held deeper in the record, or outside of a specified field, a manual assessment is required to retrieve that information.
In order to retrieve the requested information for Q3 and Q4, it would be necessary to manually review each application to establish the nature of offence and which if any offenders had more than one recorded domestic abuse-related offence or incident recorded against them. This manual review would exceed the time limit allowed under the Act.
Pursuant to Section 17(5) of the Freedom of Information Act this letter acts as a Refusal Notice.
Pursuant to Section 16 of the Act I am required to offer you advice and assistance with regarding to refining your request to within the ‘appropriate limit’ (time/cost limit). However, we may be able to provide some information for the rest of the request if you resubmit and omit Q3 and Q4 If you wish to discuss this please do not hesitate to contact me.
Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.