Petition · Home Office, Ministry of Justice
Automatically disclose a violent offender’s history to a partner
Closed
86 signatures
What the petition asks
We believe the law needs to be changed so that if the authorities (police and other bodies) know that a person is in a relationship with someone who has been imprisoned for sexual or other serious violence and is a known dangerous offender, then this is disclosed to the person automatically.
At the minute we have Clare’s law that that allows you to do a background check on your partners previous history with domestic violence. We think the law should be changed so that information is automatically shared by agencies/ police should you be in a relationship with someone who has a history of serious violence or sexual violence, and the agencies/police are aware of this relationship. We believe disclosing this automatically without having to go through Clare’s law would help protect victims in the future.
Timeline
| 5 Mar 2025 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 5 Sep 2025 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
86
Status
Closed
Department
Home Office, Ministry of Justice
Opened
5 Mar 2025
Closed
5 Sep 2025
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 14 Aug 2026.