PETITIONClosedPetition · petition.parliament.uk
Automatically disclose a violent offender’s history to a partner
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.
Last fetched 03 May 2026 · petition.parliament.uk
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Government response threshold (10,000) · 86/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 86/100,000
Background
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.