CLEVELAND POLICE
Cleveland Police NIP and Section 172 response guide
Use the response instructions on your notice. Cleveland reported no online facility during 2023 to 2025 and plans for an autumn 2026 launch, not confirmation of a live portal.
Checked against primary legal sources for England and Wales · Updated 2 September 2026 · How we review content
Cleveland Police's current public guidance directs recipients to complete the appropriate sections and return the notice to the address printed on it. Do not wait for a planned online service or use another force's portal. Keep a copy and evidence of submission.
Identify the document before choosing a response
Separate a warning, driver information request, reminder and court papers.
Follow the notice and preserve your response
- Keep every page and the envelope.
- Check the information requested, deadline and return address.
- Respond accurately using the route on your notice and keep a copy and proof.
- Contact the issuing office promptly if the instructions are unclear or a deadline may have passed.
Can I respond to Cleveland Police online?
In FOI response 812/26, dated 2 September 2026, Cleveland Police reported no online response facility during 2023, 2024 or 2025. It said a service was planned for autumn 2026 and that a URL was not yet available.
That is a reported plan, not a confirmed launch. The current public guidance still directs recipients to the return address on the form. Follow your notice and verify any changed instructions directly with the force.
Does a reminder give me a new deadline?
The response describes a reminder being sent after 28 days but does not provide annual reminder totals. That describes an administrative process, not a guarantee of another response period. Do not wait for a reminder or assume that it restarts the deadline.
Keep the warning and information request separate
A NIP concerns notice of intended prosecution. A Section 172 requirement asks for driver information. A question about the NIP does not by itself remove the separate information duty.
For a written Section 172 notice served by post, the statutory response period ordinarily runs for 28 days beginning with service. Follow the notice promptly and seek advice about any disputed service, expired deadline or difficulty identifying the driver.
What remains unresolved in the disclosure?
The response does not provide an interpretable annual Section 172 series or annual reminder totals. It reports no information held for the requested failure to provide proceedings count and existing average or median nomination processing time. Missing information is not a zero count.
NoticeReady therefore does not calculate a Cleveland reminder or prosecution rate or compare its enforcement intensity with another force. This page publishes the practical response route finding, not the complete research dataset.
When should I get advice?
Seek prompt advice from an appropriately regulated legal professional if court papers have arrived, the deadline or service is disputed, you cannot identify the driver after reasonable enquiries, or an unfamiliar MS90 appears on your record. The evidence needed depends on the actual documents.
Evidence basis
Cleveland Police FOI response 812/26, dated 2 September 2026, and the force's public notice response guidance checked on that date. The planned online service remains unconfirmed. This guide distinguishes that plan from the historical position.
Turn your paperwork into a clear next-step checklist.
Preserve the notice, dates and response record
Build a notice chronology, deadline record, document checklist and concise solicitor briefing in NoticeReady Case. It does not determine whether the notice is valid.