Data Protection

Subject Access

Should you wish to know what information (if any) the Greater Manchester Police holds about you, you are required to make such a request in writing. For your convenience Greater Manchester Police have devised a standard subject access form  which can be printed off. 

PLEASE NOTE, if you wish to obtain information about yourself for employment purposes (including work with children/vulnerable people), or if you require a police certificate for the purposes of emigration/visas/work permits/residency to either Australia, Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Kuwait, New Zealand, South Africa, Uruguay or the United States of America, please refer to the information at the bottom of this page. 

Once you have printed and completed your application form, please either post to the address below or take it into a police station in the Greater Manchester area (please note, these forms will not be accepted at stations outside of Greater Manchester).  Payment of a £10.00 fee and 2 documents of identification must accompany your completed Greater Manchester Police subject access form.

Application forms are also available from:

Information Governance Unit
Greater Manchester Police,
Openshaw Complex,
Lawton Street,
Manchester.
M11 2NS.

Tel: 0161 856 2534

Alternatively, you can email the unit at subjectaccess@gmp.police.uk to obtain an application form or click on the PDF at the right hand side of the page.

Please note that once we have received your completed application the process to provide you with information can take up to 40 days.

Request for Information for Employment Purposes (including Individuals working with Children or Vulnerable people)
If you are going to work as a paid employee or as a volunteer for an organisation and your work will bring you into contact with children or vulnerable adults and have been asked to apply for a CRB check you must access the CRB website (External site) and follow their procedure. 

For all other employment, GMP does not provide PNC disclosures for employment vetting purposes.  If you require a police check for employment purposes, please contact Disclosure Scotland on 0870 609 6006 or via their website www.disclosurescotland.co.uk (external site)  

The Subject Access form should not be used for employment purposes.

Request for Information for the purposes of emigration, visas, work permits or residency in either Australia, Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Kuwait, New Zealand, South Africa, Uruguay or United States of America

Individuals requiring Police Certificates for the purposes of applications for emigration, visas, work permits or residency in Australia, Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Kuwait, New Zealand, South Africa, Uruguay or United States of America should contact ACRO on the below contact numbers or via their website ACPO website.

Please note that this Certificate is processed entirely by the ACPO Criminal Records Office (ACRO). All submissions and enquires relating to this process should be directed to ACRO, who can be contacted through the following routes:

• Telephone: 0845 601 3999 (International callers: 0044 1962 871111) during their office hours of 8:30 - 16:30, Monday to Friday
• E-mail: customer.services@acro.pnn.police.uk
• Address: ACRO, PO Box 481, Fareham, PO14 9FS