To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to complete its review of the victim notification scheme.

It is expected that an evaluation of the victim notification scheme will start towards the end of 2005 and be completed sometime during 2006. The timing of the evaluation will depend upon there being enough participants in the scheme from which to draw a representative sample that is large enough to enable a meaningful evaluation to be carried out. At present, about six victims per week are joining the scheme.