Crime, Policing and Fire Group Tel: 020 7035 4848 2 Marsham Street Fax: 020 7035 4745 London www.gov.uk/homeoffice SW1P 4DF

Chris Baldwin [email protected]

19 September 2018

Dear Mr Baldwin,

Freedom of Information request reference: 49917

Thank you for your e-mail of 21 August 2018, in which you asked a number of questions regarding access to the (PNC). I note that you have also asked the same questions to the NPCC. Your request has been handled as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Your request asks the following questions:

1. Is access to the PNC still determined by the PNC Information Access Panel (PIAP)?

Yes, for non-police agencies.

2. If the answer to Q.1 is 'no', who is now responsible for making that determination?

N/A

3. If the answer to Q.1 is 'yes', please confirm the organisations which constitute the PIAP.

NPCC Police Scotland Police Service Northern Ireland Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services Home Office ACPO Criminal Records Office

4. To whom, and how, is an application for access to the PNC made to PIAP?

Email or telephone to the Cross-Agency Team or direct to the NPCC PIAP Portfolio Secretary.

5. What requirements do a non-police organisation have to meet in order for the PIAP to grant access to the PNC?

Lawful framework.

6. How many non-police organisations currently have 'full' access (the facility to read and to edit records) to the PNC?

Seven. See table in Annex below.

7. Please provide a list of these organisations.

See table in Annex below.

8. How many non-police organisations have been granted 'partial' access (the facility to read records only) to the PNC?

37 non-police organisations. See the table in Annex below.

9. Please provide a list of these organisations.

See table in Annex below.

10. How many non-police organisations have been granted access to the PHOENIX/names index of the PNC?

42 non-police organisations. See table in Annex below.

11. Please provide a list of these organisations

See table in Annex below.

We neither confirm nor deny whether we hold any further information. Section 23(5) of the FOIA absolves us from the requirement to say whether or not we hold information, if it would involve the disclosure of any information (whether or not already recorded) which was directly or indirectly supplied by, or relates to, any of the bodies dealing with security matters.

If you are dissatisfied with this response you may request an independent internal review of our handling of your request by submitting a complaint within two months to [email protected], quoting reference 49917. If you ask for an internal review, it would be helpful if you could say why you are dissatisfied with the response.

As part of any internal review the Department's handling of your information request would be reassessed by staff who were not involved in providing you with this response. If you were to remain dissatisfied after an internal review, you would have a right of complaint to the Information Commissioner as established by section 50 of the FOIA.

Yours sincerely

Ben Shoben Data Policy Unit

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Annex

Freedom of Information Request - FOI Reference: 49917

Non-Police Organisation Able to read and edit Read-only access Access to records on the Police to records on the PHOENIX/names National Computer Police National index of the Police Computer National Computer Access NI ✓ ✓ ACPO Criminal Records ✓ ✓ Office/UKCA ECR/TAM AVCIS Charities Commission for & ✓ ✓ Wales Children and Family Court Advisory ✓ ✓ and Support Service (Cafcass) Civil Nuclear Constabulary ✓ ✓ College of Policing ✓ ✓ Competition and Markets Authority ✓ ✓ Criminal Cases ✓ ✓ Review Commission DVLA ✓ DVSA ✓ ✓ Disclosure and Barring Service ✓ ✓ Disclosure Scotland ✓ ✓ Department for Work and Pensions ✓ ✓ Environment Agency ✓ ✓ Financial Conduct Authority ✓ ✓ Gangmaster and Labour Abuse ✓ ✓ Authority Health and Safety Executive ✓ ✓ Her Majesty's Inspectorate of ✓ ✓ Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services- HMICFRS Highways England ✓ HM Prison Service ✓ ✓ HM Revenue and Customs ✓ ✓ Home Office ✓ ✓ House of Commons, House of Lords ✓ ✓ Independent Office for Police ✓ ✓ Conduct Jersey Customs and Immigration ✓ ✓ Marine Management Organisation ✓ ✓ Medicines and Healthcare ✓ ✓ Regulatory Authority Mersey Tunnels Police ✓ ✓ Ministry of Justice (Jury Vetting) ✓ ✓ Ministry of Justice (Warrant ✓ ✓ Enforcement) National Air Traffic Services ✓ ✓ National Assembly for Wales ✓ ✓ National Health Service (Counter ✓ ✓ Fraud Operational Services) Natural Resources for Wales ✓ ✓ Port of Police ✓ ✓ 3

Port of Tilbury Police ✓ ✓ Post Office ✓ ✓ Royal Mail ✓ ✓ Scottish Society for the Prevention ✓ ✓ of Cruelty to Animals Serious Fraud Office ✓ ✓ The Insolvency Service ✓ ✓ Thurrock Council ✓ ✓ Trading Standards ✓ ✓ United Kingdom Security Vetting ✓ ✓

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