Your right to information
Accessing information about yourself held by the MPS
To request access to personal information (information about yourself) held by the MPS
The Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA 98) gives you the right to access personal information (information about yourself) held by organisations.
Requests for information for employment purposes
The MPS does not provide PNC disclosures for employment vetting services. If you require a disclosure for employment purposes, please contact Disclosure Scotland on: 0870 609 6006 or via their website www.disclosurescotland.co.uk. The current procedure whereby companies require individuals to exercise their rights under Subject Access provisions at section 7 of the Data Protection Act 1998, as a form of vetting, has been considered to be unlawful for many years and is against the spirit of the legislation. When Section 56 of the Act is implemented, it will become a criminal offence for the employer to ask individuals, as a condition of employment, to go through this process.
If you are going to work as a paid employee or as a volunteer for an organisation and your work will bring you into contact with children or vulnerable adults and have been asked to apply for CRB check you must access the CRB website and follow their procedure.
Requesting information for the purposes of emigration, visas or residency in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States of America
Individuals requiring Police Certificates for the purposes of applications for emigration, visas or residency in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States of America should download the application form for an ACPO Police Certificate from the ACPO website.
Please note that this Certificate is processed entirely by the ACPO Criminal Records Office (ACRO). All submissions and enquiries relating to this process should be directed to ACRO, who can be contacted through the following routes:
- Telephone: 0845 6013999 (during their office opening hours of 8:30 – 16:30, Monday to Friday
- E-mail: acro.policecertificates@acro.pnn.police.uk
- Address: ACRO, PO Box 481, Fareham, PO14 9FS.
Please do not return this application form to the Metropolitan Police Service
How to make a Subject Access Request
The MPS Subject Access Request Form is available for download from this website.
This form can be used to request information held on the Police National Computer (PNC) or for information held in other Metropolitan Police Systems.
We do not yet have the facility for the completion of Subject Access Request Forms online.
Please note, processing either your Police National Computer application form or your request for information held about you on other Metropolitan Police Systems will take up to 40 days. We are unable to expedite applications.