Non-conviction information included in the 'Other Relevant Information' section of a disclosure: FOI release

Information requested

The number of instances annually (over the last five years) that non-conviction information was included in the Other Relevant Information section of a Disclosure.

Response

Please find below a table containing the number of instances since 2020 where ORI was disclosed on a certificate that did not contain any conviction information. Please note that these figures may include a small number of instances where ORI was provided to us in place of a conviction, for example from foreign police forces.

Certificates that contained ORI but did not contain conviction information
Year	Count
2020	71
2021	297
2022	306
2023	360
2024	336
2025	294
Grand Total	1664

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