Mr I Perroll

Email: [FOI #18507 email]

Reference: FOICR 12887/09

Date: 26 October 2009

Dear Mr Perroll

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for your e-mail of 29 September in which you ask for statistics on adoptions, suicides and abortions.

I regret that we are unable to send you a full response to your request within 20 working days, as required by the Freedom of Information Act. This is due to ongoing enquiries with other departments. I would like to apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience that this may cause. I would like to assure you that we are dealing with your request as a matter of urgency, and that we will send you a full reply as soon as possible. We now aim to send you a full reply by 20 November.

If you have any queries about the handling of your information request in the meantime then please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely

H Reid

Freedom of Information Team

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