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Useful Information – some pages are password protected for subscriber access only

DVLA release of information from registers

Ref INF266 provision of information to the police, local authorities and controlled release to third parties who offer practical motoring benefits

correct as of 01/2025 – to whom vehicle keeper information can be provided and how to obtain it

Freedom of Information Act Requests

WhatDoTheyKnow.com – WDTK – a free resource to request information and monitor the response.

More information about the FoIA can be read here

Police Contacts

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Police Freedom of Information Act email addresses – a directory is maintained here. However, there are occasions when it is preferable, or necessary, to email each constabulary. The following collection can be cut and pasted into an email ‘to’ or ‘bcc’ as required.

If any of the below are found to be out of date, please advise by email with the current email address, if obtained, and an amendment will be made. For individual approaches, please consider the service at WDTK which places your request in the public domain – it may be of benefit to others and/or prevent others unnecessarily wasting a constabulary’s time.

FOIREQUESTS@avonandsomerset.police.uk; foi@Bedfordshire.pnn.police.uk; foi@cambs.pnn.police.uk; foi@cheshire.pnn.police.uk; foi@city-of-london.pnn.police.uk; foi@cleveland.pnn.police.uk; freedomofinformation@cumbria.police.uk; FOI@derbyshire.pnn.police.uk; foi@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk; foi@dorset.pnn.police.uk; freedomofinformation@durham.pnn.police.uk; foi@dyfed-powys.pnn.police.uk; info.rights@essex.police.uk; FOI@gloucestershire.pnn.police.uk; freedomofinformation@gmp.police.uk; foi@gwent.pnn.police.uk; public.access@hampshire.pnn.police.uk; foi@herts.pnn.police.uk; InformationComplianceUnit@humberside.pnn.police.uk; freedomofinformation@kent.pnn.police.uk; FOI@Lancashire.pnn.police.uk; Foi@leicestershire.pnn.police.uk; FOI@lincs.pnn.police.uk; foi@merseyside.police.uk; foi@met.police.uk; freedomofinformation@norfolk.pnn.police.uk; FreedomofInformationTeam@nthwales.pnn.police.uk; CivilDisclosure@northyorkshire.pnn.police.uk; freedomofinformation@northants.police.uk; freedom.info@northumbria.pnn.police.uk; freedomofinformation@Nottinghamshire.pnn.police.uk; foi@scotland.pnn.police.uk; foi@psni.pnn.police.uk; foi@south-wales.pnn.police.uk; foi@southyorks.pnn.police.uk; foi@staffordshire.pnn.police.uk; information@suffolk.pnn.police.uk; foi@surrey.pnn.police.uk; foi@sussex.pnn.police.uk; publicaccess@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk; Freedom.Information@warwickshire.pnn.police.uk; information@westmercia.pnn.police.uk; foi@west-midlands.police.uk; foi@westyorkshire.pnn.police.uk; disclosure@wiltshire.pnn.police.uk;
 

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