Subject: SAR25/26 - 625/Redress - Data Subject Access Request -Yvonne McCracken
From: <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Cc: <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:14:59 +0000

Our Ref: SAR25/26 - 625/Redress

SUBJECT ACCESS REQUEST

I am writing to you regarding your email dated 15 December, making a request for personal information on behalf of your client, Yvonne McCracken. Your request was passed to the Scottish Government by NRS.

The Scottish Government do not hold all files in relation to all schools and residential homes and as a result of our searches, I can confirm that we have been unable to locate any documentation based on the information you have provided.

I appreciate that this will be disappointing for your client. However, National Records Scotland will respond to you directly to inform you of the results of the search of their records and may be also in the position to provide details of other public bodies who may hold information relating to your request.

If you are not happy with this outcome and wish to make a complaint, please contact the Scottish Government’s Data Protection Officer in the first instance

Data Protection Officer
Victoria Quay
EH6 6QQ
[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>

If, following this review, you still have concerns about the way your data has been handled you can write to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office – the regulator for data protection in the UK – at the following address:

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Tel: 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or 01625 545 745

You may also find their website http://www.ico.org.uk/ a useful source of information.

Kind regards,

Alan Shaw
Information Assurance and Data Protection Advisor
Information Assurance and Data Protection branch
Digital Citizens Unit | Digital Directorate | Scottish Government

[Digital_Scotland_Pos]

From: DSAR-ATMR <[email-masked]>
Sent: 15 December 2025 08:00
To: NRS : Data Protection <[email-masked]>; [email-masked]; [email-masked]; - Email: <[email-masked]>
Subject: Data Subject Access Request -Yvonne McCracken

Dear Sirs
Client:  Yvonne Mccracken
Date of Birth: 01/04/1977
[Previous Names (if applicable): Not Applicable
Mother’s name (including any maiden name): Margaret Craig Todd
Father’s name:  John Robert McCracken
Siblings:    Caroline McCracken 31/10/1978, Margaret Anne McCracken -  06/1993
Address before care or area lived: Airdrie Area
We refer to the above and confirm we are instructed in respect of a Redress Scheme application.
Please be advised that we are writing to you in order to obtain the following information. As part of our client’s application to the Redress Scheme Scotland, he advised us that he was within:-
Approximate Dates in Care:​​ 1979 to 1981 Arnview  1990 to 1993 - Cardross, Mitchell Street home Glasgow, Kerelaw
Institution(s):   Client believes she was sent to Arnview, Cardross, Mitchell Street, Kerelaw
We are seeking to obtain records confirming this in support of his application to the Redress Scheme.
Please find attached a signed mandate on behalf of our client authorising the release of this information. If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact our office.

Yours faithfully,

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