The Secretary of State must in relation to each calendar year prepare a report about the use of information made available under section 71.

This is subject to subsection (3) (period to which first report relates).

The Secretary of State must publish each report before 1 July in the year following the year to which the report relates.

The first report is to relate to the period beginning with the commencement day and ending at the end of the year in which that day falls.

In subsection (3), “the commencement day” means the day on which section 181 of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 first comes into force for any purpose, other than the purposes of making regulations.