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.