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Our Ref: IM-FOI-2017- 0297 
Date: 1St March 2017 [Ellyn
POLICE

SCOTLAND

Keeping people safe

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002

I refer to your recent request for information which has been handled in accordance with
the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

For ease of reference, your request is replicated below together with the response.

Could you please provide the average length of time taken to complete a digital
examination of a mobile telephone seized as a production for each year (either
financial year or calendar year) since 2013. By "length of time taken to complete a
digital examination" I am referring to the time from when an examination request is
initially submitted by an officer to an official examination result document being
compiled by the relevant department.

Divisional arrangements and recent changes to the way in which mobile phones are
forensically examined means that information is only held for the three year period from
2013 to 2015 for Division (Greater Glasgow).

Therefore in response, I can inform you that Police Scotland do not hold the information
requested and Section 17(1) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 applies:
notice that information is not held.

To be of some assistance the following information has been sourced from Division,
although it is important to note that this may not be representative of the national position;

Table 1: Average time taken to forensically examine mobile phones

 

 

 

 

Year Average time - no of Days
2013 6.2
2014 5.5
2015 8.4

 

 

 

 

Should you require any further assistance concerning this matter please contact
Information Management Highland Islands Divisional Headquarters on 01463 720508
quoting the reference number given.

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which your request has been dealt with, you are
entitled in the first instance, and within 40 working days of receiving this response, to
request a review of our actions and decisions.

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Should you wish to do so, please contact us at the following address, stating what has
caused your dissatisfaction and what you require us to review:

Information Management (Disclosure), Police Scotland, Clyde Gateway, 2 French Street,
Dalmarnock, G40 4EH - foi@scotland.pnn.police.uk

 

If you remain dissatisfied following the outcome of that review, you are thereafter entitled
to apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner within six months for a decision. You
can raise an appeal using the online service at or by
writing to Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner, Kinburn Castle, Doubledykes
Road, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9DS, or via email at 

 

Should you wish to appeal against the Scottish Information Commissioner's decision, there
is an appeal to the Court of Session on a point of law only.

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