• Business Challenge

    Clare’s Law plays a vital role in protecting vulnerable people and reducing violence against women and girls.

     

    Also known as the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme, Clare’s Law enables police forces to disclose information about an individual’s history of domestic abuse where it is necessary to prevent harm. These disclosure decisions are central to safeguarding, prevention, and public confidence in policing.

     

    Demand for Clare’s Law continues to rise through both Right to Ask and Right to Know applications. Forces must deliver timely, lawful, and proportionate Clare’s Law disclosures while operating under sustained pressure on safeguarding teams, with limited time to proactively assess risk and action Right to Know disclosures where police must intervene before harm escalates.

     

    This challenge sits at the heart of Policing Vision 2030, which calls for earlier intervention, stronger protection of vulnerable people, and improved use of data and intelligence to reduce violence against women and girls.

     

    However, many forces delivering Clare’s Law remain constrained by:

    • Fragmented data across crime systems, intelligence, custody, and partner agencies slowing assessments
    • Manual and time-intensive Clare’s Law assessment processes limiting scale
    • Limited visibility of repeat harm, escalation, and safeguarding risk indicators
    • Difficulty demonstrating consistency, proportionality, and auditability in Clare’s Law decisions to inspectors and the public
    • Limited time and capacity to proactively assess risk and progress Right to Know disclosures, reducing opportunities for early intervention.

    As a result, Clare’s Law processes can become slower and more difficult to manage at scale, despite their critical safeguarding purpose.

     

     

    Read more about Policing Vision 2030 and the data foundations it demands

  • How AI Can Help

    Effective delivery of Clare’s Law depends on timely access to accurate, relevant, and governed information.

     

    Telefónica Tech’s data-enabled Clare’s Law solutions support police forces by improving how safeguarding information is identified, assessed, and presented to decision makers, while maintaining strong governance and ethical oversight.

     

    Data and AI support Clare’s Law by:

     

    Unifying data from crime records, intelligence systems, custody, and partner agencies into a single, secure, governed safeguarding view

     

    Improving visibility of domestic abuse history, repeat harm, and escalation patterns relevant to Clare’s Law decisions

     

    Supporting structured, evidence-led Clare’s Law disclosure assessments

     

    Reducing manual data gathering so safeguarding teams can focus on risk assessment and victim support

     

    Providing clear audit trails to support accountability, inspection readiness, and public trust

     

    This approach ensures Clare’s Law continues to support professional judgement rather than replacing it.

     

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Expected Outcomes

  • Faster Clare’s Law Disclosures

    Data‑enabled approaches have demonstrated the potential to reduce Clare’s Law enquiry times from weeks to days. Reducing average information‑gathering time per request from 3 hours to 1 could save up to 40,000 officer hours nationally each year, based on approximately 20,000 requests. This creates capacity for quicker processing and more timely disclosures for individuals at risk.

  • Stronger Safeguarding and Earlier Intervention

    Support earlier identification of risk under Clare’s Law to help prevent escalation and protect those at risk of domestic abuse.

  • The image shows a paper icon Reduced Operational Burden

    Streamline manual Clare’s Law data gathering and assessment processes, freeing capacity for safeguarding teams. Data-led workflows can reduce the average time spent per Clare’s Law case from several hours to a fraction of that time, enabling teams to manage increasing demand without compromising safeguarding quality.

  • Increased Public Confidence

    Support transparent, consistent, and defensible Clare’s Law disclosures that strengthen public trust in safeguarding decisions and demonstrate a force’s commitment to preventing domestic abuse and protecting those at risk.

  • Greater Consistency and Oversight

    Support proportionate, repeatable Clare’s Law decisions with clear governance and auditability.

Faster Clare’s Law Disclosures
Stronger Safeguarding and Earlier Intervention
Reduced Operational Burden
Increased Public Confidence
Greater Consistency and Oversight

Clare's Law Aligned to PEEL

By aligning predictive analytics directly to PEEL outcomes, forces can clearly demonstrate how data and AI investment improves operational performance, inspection readiness, and public confidence.

 

UK police forces are assessed by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) through the PEEL framework, measuring effectiveness, efficiency, and legitimacy.

 

As a result, many forces now align their data strategies and analytics programmes directly to these three pillars, ensuring that investment in data and AI translates into measurable inspection outcomes.

 

By aligning predictive analytics directly to PEEL outcomes, forces can clearly demonstrate how data and AI investment improves operational performance, inspection readiness, and public confidence.

 

AI-enabled Clare’s Law delivery supports all three PEEL pillars:

Effectiveness – Protecting Vulnerable People
Improving identification of repeat harm, escalation risk, and safeguarding concerns to support earlier intervention through Clare’s Law.
Efficiency – Effective Use of Resources
Reducing manual effort, improving timeliness of Clare’s Law disclosures, and enabling safeguarding teams to manage increasing demand at scale.
Legitimacy – Fair and Proportionate Use of Powers
Supporting consistent, auditable, and explainable Clare’s Law decisions aligned to legal thresholds, ethics, and victim-centred safeguarding.

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See AI-enabled Clare’s Law support in action. Book a live demonstration of our data-enabled Clare’s Law capability, delivered on Databricks and tailored to UK safeguarding and violence against women and girls following Policing Vision 2030 priorities.

 

Demos can be tailored to safeguarding leads, public protection units, analysts, and senior decision-makers.

 

In a tailored demo, you will see how AI can:

  • Support safeguarding teams with faster access to Clare’s Law-relevant intelligence
  • Improve consistency and oversight of Clare’s Law disclosure decisions
  • Reduce administrative burden while strengthening auditability
  • Enable earlier intervention and more effective victim protection
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Why Telefónica Tech Should Be Your Police AI Partner?

Public Sector and Policing Expertise
We have deep experience delivering solutions across policing, justice, and public safety helping forces move from reactive response to proactive prevention while improving transparency, trust, and operational effectiveness.
Proven Clare's Law Capability
Our Clare’s Law solution has been built in partnership with UK police forces, incorporating direct feedback from officers and safeguarding teams to support more consistent, timely, and auditable Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme decisions.
End-to-End Delivery
From data strategy and architecture to model development, deployment, and ongoing optimisation, we support every stage of your policing AI journey ensuring solutions are practical, adoptable, and aligned to national priorities. Delivered on the Databricks platform, our approach enables secure, governed, and compliant data and AI workflows from ingestion through to decision support.
Ethical, Secure, and Responsible AI
Built with robust governance, security, and accountability frameworks, our AI solutions comply with policing ethics guidance, national data standards, and all relevant legal and safeguarding requirements including the principles of Policing Vision 2030.
Knowledge Transfer and Capability Uplift
We don’t just deliver the technology, we enable forces to own and evolve it. Our knowledge-share approach ensures your teams understand the models, data, and decision logic behind predictive policing. Through hands-on training, documentation, and co-development, we help to build in-house capability, so forces become self-sufficient, confident users of AI, and future-ready for what comes next.
Built Around Real-World Safeguarding Processes
Designed around real Clare’s Law workflows, it improves access to safeguarding intelligence, highlights repeat harm and escalation risk, and supports structured disclosure assessments for both Right to Ask and Right to Know applications.

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Commonly Asked Questions

Clare’s Law is the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme, enabling police to disclose information to protect individuals from domestic abuse where necessary and proportionate.

Anyone can make a Clare’s Law application under the Right to Ask, including individuals concerned about a partner or someone acting on their behalf. Police can also initiate disclosures under the Right to Know where safeguarding concerns are identified.

Timescales vary by force and case complexity. Clare’s Law applications typically involve information gathering, risk assessment, and decision-making to ensure disclosures are lawful, necessary, and proportionate. Data and AI-enabled approaches such as Telefónica Tech’s solution, help forces reduce delays while maintaining safeguarding standards.

Clare’s Law decisions may consider relevant domestic abuse history, patterns of repeat harm, escalation indicators, and safeguarding intelligence held across police systems and partner agencies, assessed against legal and ethical thresholds.

No. AI supports professional judgement by improving access to relevant information and structuring assessments.

AI does not make Clare’s Law decisions. It supports officers by improving access to relevant information, highlighting patterns of risk, and structuring assessments so professional judgement remains central to safeguarding decisions.

Yes. Solutions are designed to support lawful, ethical, and auditable Clare’s Law disclosures.

Many forces see improved timeliness and reduced operational burden within weeks.

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Ready to strengthen safeguarding and Clare’s Law delivery with data and AI?

Clare’s Law demand continues to rise, placing increasing pressure on safeguarding teams to deliver timely, lawful, and proportionate disclosures.

 

Our Clare’s Law solution helps police forces improve decision-making, reduce delays, and strengthen public protection while maintaining ethical oversight and professional judgement.

 

Talk to our Policing and Public Safety AI team to:

  • See how Clare’s Law intelligence can be brought together securely
  • Understand how AI supports consistent, auditable safeguarding decisions
  • Explore how forces are improving timeliness and reducing operational burden

 

Book a Clare’s Law demo or speak to a safeguarding specialist today