Request for information about business-intelligence, company-information and credit-reference products

Reference: 25022

Date Added: Thursday, January 8, 2026

Category: Miscellaneous

Disclosure Details

Two duties are placed on public authorities under Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Notwithstanding applicable exemptions, the first duty at, Section 1(1) (a), is to confirm or deny whether the information specified in a request is held. The second duty at, Section1 (1) (b), is to disclose information that has been confirmed as being held. Under the provisions of those sections of the FOIA, we can confirm that the information you seek is not held by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent.

 

You requested the following information:

 

I would like to request information about the business-intelligence, company-information and credit-reference products used by your organisation, as follows,

 

1. Products used since 1 January 2022

 

Please confirm whether your organisation currently uses, or has used at any point since 1 January 2022, any of the following products:

 

Endole

 

Beauhurst

 

Dun & Bradstreet (D&B)

 

Creditsafe

 

Experian Business

 

Equifax Business

 

TransUnion (UK Commercial Data & Credit Risk)

 

Company Check (Creditsafe group)

 

DueDil / FullCircl

 

Artesian

 

GlobalDatabase

 

Bureau van Dijk – Orbis / Fame (Moody’s)

 

Plimsoll Analysis

 

Kompass

 

Crunchbase

 

PitchBook

 

S&P Capital IQ / Market Intelligence

 

Graydon UK

 

Red Flag Alert

 

The Data City

 

For each product used, please provide:

Product name

Whether it is currently in use (Yes/No) c. Main purpose(s) for which it is used

 

No information held

 

 

  1. Contract information

 

For each product identified above, please provide the following where held:

 

  1. Supplier / vendor name
  2. Contract reference number
  3. Contract start date
  4. Contract end date
  5. Next renewal or break date
  6. Contract value (annual or total)
  7. Procurement route used (e.g., CCS framework name and lot, tender, direct award)

 

If any commercial information is withheld under Section 43, please still provide the non-exempt data, including start date, end date, supplier name, and procurement route.

 

No information held

 

 

 

  1. Internal ownership

 

For each product currently in use, please provide:

 

  1. Job title (not the name) of the person responsible for the product b. The department or team that manages it

 

No Information held

 

 

 

  1. Past products no longer used

 

Where a product listed above was used after 1 January 2022 but is no longer in use, please provide:

 

  1. Product name
  2. Contract start date
  3. Contract end date
  4. Contract value (annual or total)

 

No Information held

 

Gwent Police provides support services to the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, so you may wish to contact them for the information requested via the following link I want to find information about the police | Gwent Police Therefore, you may wish to contact Gwent Police directly to request the information using the following https://www.gwent.police.uk/rqo/request/ri/request-information/rip/request-information-police/

 

The Freedom of Information Act is a public disclosure regime, not a private regime. Any information disclosed under the Act is thereafter deemed to be in the public domain, and therefore freely available to the general public and will be published on the OPCC website.

 

You have the right to appeal our decision if you think it is incorrect. Should you feel dissatisfied with this response or the way in which your request was handled, information on the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent FOI Appeals Procedure can be found on our website:

https://www.gwent.pcc.police.uk/en/transparency/know-your-rights/your-information-rights/freedom-of-information/appeals-process/

 

If you remain dissatisfied after an internal review decision, you have the right to apply to the Information Commissioner’s Office. The Commissioner is an independent regulator whose details can be found using the following link  https://ico.org.uk/

 

You can also write to the Information Commissioner’s Office at the following address:

Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Uwch Arweinydd Llywodraethu a Gwirfoddoli| Senior Governance Officer and Volunteer Lead

 

 

Swyddfa Comisynydd yr Heddlu a Throseddu Gwent | Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent

 

Pencadlys yr Heddlu | Police Headquarters Ffordd Parc Llantarnam | Llantarnam Parkway Llantarnam

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