South Wales Police
- Date 9 October 2025
- Type Enforcement notices
- Sector Criminal justice
We issued an enforcement notice to South Wales Police (SWP) over serious delays in handling subject access requests (SARs). Our investigation revealed that between April 2023 - March 2024, SWP only responded to 29% of SARs within the statutory timeframe. We also found that as of August 2025, the force had 352 overdue SARs, with one dating back nearly two years. We ordered SWP to clear this backlog by June 2026.