Enquiries under the Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme, also know as Sarah’s Law from January 2011 to March 2023

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.23.031026

I note you seek access to the following information:

1. How many enquiries have been made to the force under the Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme, often referred to as Sarah’s Law, during the calendar years 2011 – 2019.

2. How many applications made in financial year 2021/2022 and 2022/2023.
For each of these years, please state how many disclosures about registered sex offenders have been made by the force.

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I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

Q1 - How many enquiries have been made to the force under the Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme, often referred to as Sarah’s Law, during the calendar years 2011 – 2019.

Calendar Year	Enquiries
2011	14
2012	19
2013	22
2014	28
2015	40
2016	32
2017	31
2018	32
2019	75

* Table 1 are figures for the number of enquiries received in calendar years.

Q2 - How many applications made in financial year 2021/2022 and 2022/2023.
For each of these years, please state how many disclosures about registered sex offenders have been made by the force.

Financial Year	Number of applications made	Disclosures about RSO’s
2021-2022	134	13
2022-2023	199	18

* Table 2 is data recorded by financial year