Dear FoI Department,

This FoI Request is in regard to your organisation's use of and policies on the use of, either formally or informally, COMPUTER-TRANSLATION tools of the kind mentioned in the Subject description (but not restricted to the two examples given).

1. Does your organisation have a formal policy which covers your organisation's use of any such computer-translation tools. If so, please can a copy of your policy be included in your response?

2. Has your organisation carried out (or outsourced) research or analysis regarding the appropriateness of such computer-translation tools (and their output) for use by your organisation? If so, please can a copy of such research or analysis be included in your response?

3. Does your organisation routinely monitor the use of such computer-translation tools? If so, can any such monitoring analysis be included in your response?

4. Does your organisation routinely monitor the ad-hoc use of such computer-translation tools by your organisation's staff in the conduct of your organisations' work?

Thank you,

Yours faithfully,

N F Coulson.