FOI 615/26
Request
For the same period (March 2025 – February 2026), please provide:
- The total number of DVDS applications where the total time from creation (DVD01) to disclosure (DVD11) exceeded the 28-day statutory target.
- If a report of average/median times cannot be run, please provide a raw anonymized data export of the dates associated with codes DVD01, DVD06, DVD07, and DVD11 for all completed applications in this period so that the averages may be calculated externally.
If this refined request still exceeds the cost limit, please provide the data for the most recent 3-month period available.
Response
We have consulted with our Business Intelligence Team who have provided the following information in relation to your request.
Question 1
In the period 01/03/25 – 28/02/26 (based on the DVDS reported date) there were 1529 disclosures made.
Of these 1529 disclosures made, 265 of them were longer than the 28-day timescales.
10 of the 265 have been dip sampled to establish the reasons they went over 28 days. A summary of the circumstances for the delayed disclosures were as follows:
- The applicant(s) did not respond to timely police contact and their unavailability for disclosure was the reason for the delay.
- Disclosure could not be provided safely as the applicant was continually with the subject(S)
- The applicant failed to turn-up for 4 appointments
- Applicant in hospital and unavailable for disclosure
Question 2
Please see attached document, ‘Response Data 615_26’
Domestic abuse is core police business, and we are committed to tackling this crime - from call taking and first response by officers, to the investigation and the subsequent action to protect victims. We believe that working in partnership is essential to ensure that domestic abuse becomes everyone’s business. We work closely with a number of statutory and voluntary sector agencies in South Wales to tackle domestic abuse and the many forms of violence.