Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Bill: privacy impact assessment

8. How is information passed to Disclosure Scotland?

Proposed ORI will be sent to Disclosure Scotland as is currently the process. Disclosure Scotland will share proposed ORI with IR through the secure Scottish Government IT network. Additional information that the IR has requested will come in to DS from various organisations and representations will come from the individual

How is information passed to the SCRA and victims?

The existing process for the transfer and sharing of information will be followed. Currently information is sent to the SCRA by secure electronic transfer and various other methods such as by correspondence or communication with various organisations involved in the process. Under the Victim Information Service, victims and other relevant persons will be contacted by written correspondence.