Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (Clare's Law) requests

Freedom of Information Act eequest number: 2022-080

Version date: 14/02/2022

The Performance and Analysis Department have provided the following information

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 2021 up to and including 31st December 2021 

Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme Total Cases = 424

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. 

by Gender, 

Gender	Count
Female	224
Male	7
Not Recorded	2
Total	233

 Age, 

Age	Count
15-20	22
21-25	42
26-30	44
31-35	42
36-40	30
41-45	28
46-50	15
51-55	4
56-60	2
61-65	1
65-70	1
Unknown	2
Total	233

 & Ethnicity. 

Ethnicity	Count
White British	162
White Irish	2
Any other white background	4
Any other Black background	1
Not stated	64
Total	233

2)  During the period 1st January 2021 up to and including 31st December 2021 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 

Person Reporting
Gender	Count
Female	238
Male	16
Not Recorded	10
Total	264

Please note, the reason that the total number of cases does not match with the totals of Q 1and 2, is due to the fact that in some cases the Person at Risk is also the person reporting.