Dear Mr Hansen

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

Thank you for your request for information asking for copies of two reports dating from 2001 and early 2008/late 2007 as indicated in two newspaper articles, links to which you enclosed with your request.

I attach copies of these reports in various formats including plain text as requested and will arrange for these reports to be available on the website as soon as possible.

[Author ID1: at Thu Apr 3 09:25:00 2008 ]

I hope you find this information of assistance to you. However should you feel dissatisfied with this decision or the manner in which your request has been handled, the Act provides for a review process to be conducted. Should you wish to take advantage of this process you may apply in writing for a review. Your request should provide details of why you wish a review to be carried out and should be made within 40 working days of receipt of this letter to:-

The Freedom of Information Officer

Scottish Court Service

Operations & Policy Unit

Hayweight House

23 Lauriston Street

EDINBURGH

EH3 9DQ

[Scottish Court Service request email]

Following that review should you still feel dissatisfied, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Scottish Information Commissioner at the following address:-

Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner

Kinburn Castle

Doubledykes Road

St. Andrews

FIFE

KY16 9DS

Note: The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.  You are free to use it for your own purposes, including any non-commercial research you are doing and for the purposes of news reporting.  Any other re-use, for example commercial publication, would require the permission of the copyright holder.  Most documents supplied by the Scottish Executive and its agencies will have been produced by government officials and will be Crown Copyright.  You can find details on the arrangements for re-using Crown Copyright material on the OPSI Website.  http://www.opsi.gov.uk.

Information you receive which is not subject to Crown Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated.  You must ensure that you gain their permission before reproducing any third party (non-Crown Copyright) information.

Yours faithfully

Susan Whiteford

Head of Corporate Communications