Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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October 2025 marks ten years since Police Scotland launched the Disclosure Scheme for Domestic Abuse Scotland (DSDAS).

The disclosure scheme provides a formal way of sharing information about a partner’s abusive past, with a potential victim.

Since October 2015, over 35,500 applications have been submitted to the scheme and over 19,500 disclosures (55%) have been given.

If you have concerns about your partner, or the partner of someone you know, submit a DSDAS application.

For more information about DSDAS see scotland.police.uk/dsdas

The DSDAS form can be accessed: scotland.police.uk/secureforms/disclosure