Clare’s Law: Nottingham third highest in revealing partner’s abusive pasts

Nottinghamshire police force is the third highest in the country in revealing the abusive past of partners under Clare’s law.

Clare’s law was implemented in March last year on a national level following a 14-month pilot in Nottinghamshire, Gwent, Wiltshire and Greater Manchester.

The law, which was set up to tackle domestic violence, allows police to disclose information to a person about their partner’s previous history of domestic violence and violent acts.

Since its introduction the abusive history of over 1,300 people have been revealed to their partners.

It is named after Clare Wood, 36, a mother of one from Salford, Greater Manchester who was murdered by her boyfriend who had a history of violence against women that she was unaware of.

It is modelled on Sarah’s law which gives parents and guardians the right to ask whether a person who has a record for child sexual offences.

Figures obtained by the Press Association found that Nottinghamshire police had granted 101 of the 247 applications for a partner’s history of violence to be disclosed.

There was also 59 applications for Domestic Violence Protection Orders with 56 of them being granted.

The police force with the highest disclosures granted was Greater Manchester with 177 of the 291 applications and second was Lancashire with 146 of the 189 applications.