Users
Requests for access to PNC are decided upon by the PNC Information Access Panel (PIAP). The members of the panel are the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), the Association of Police Authorities, the Home Office, and the NPIA.
Organisations with full access:
- All territorial police forces of Great Britain
- Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)
- British Transport Police (BTP)
- Scotland's Police Forces
- Civil Nuclear Constabulary
- Isle of Man Constabulary
- States of Jersey Police
- States of Guernsey Police Service
- National Identification Service (NIS)
- Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA)
- Ministry of Defence Police (MDP)
- HM Revenue & Customs
- The Security Service (MI5)
- Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)
- Government Communications Headquarters
- Defence Intelligence Staff
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency
- Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO)
Other organisations have restricted access. They include HM Court Service, Probation Service, the Criminal Records Bureau, Royal Military Police (Names file only), Royal Air Force Police (Names file only), Royal Navy Police (Names file only) & Royal Marines Police (Names file only).
PIAP has defined the following organisations as non-police and has agreed that authorised users within these organisations can have Names file only access commensurate with their previously stated and agreed business needs.
Non-police organisations with access to PNC:
- Access Northern Ireland
- Charity Commission for England and Wales
- Criminal Cases Review Commission
- Criminal Records Bureau
- Defence Vetting Agency
- Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Transport
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Disclosure Scotland
- Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
- Environment Agency
- Financial Services Authority
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Gangmasters Licensing Authority
- G4S
- Health and Safety Executive
- Highways Agency
- Her Majesty's Prison Service
- Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
- Home Office
- Independent Police Complaints Commission
- States of Jersey Customs and Immigration Service
- Mersey Tunnels Police
- Ministry of Justice
- National Air Traffic Service
- National Health Service
- Office for Civil Nuclear Security
- Office of Fair Trading
- Royal Mail
- United Kingdom Border Agency
- Vehicle and Operator Services Agency
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