Subject: DPA/2025/ELF27218 - RE: Norma Inglis - DSAR Request - Norma Inglis
From: Subject Access Request <[email-masked]>
To: DSAR-ATMR <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 11:26:56 +0000

Our Ref: DPA/2025/ELF27218

Dear Ms Ditcher,

data protection act 2018 – subject access request

We are writing in response to your Subject Access Request of 11 December 2025 in respect of Norma Inglis.

We acknowledge the delay in our response and apologise for any inconvenience caused. We are currently receiving a very high volume of requests, unfortunately resulting in significant delays.

Officers in East Lothian Council’s (ELC) Archives Team and Children’s Services have carried out the required searches and we regret to inform you that ELC does not hold any information about your client, as per attached. If Ms Inglis was resident in another local authority area at the time of her placement, however, you may wish to contact them to establish whether or not they hold any records for Ms Inglis.

This now concludes this matter and we are sorry that we have been unable to assist you on this occasion. For your information, Data Protection laws in the UK are regulated by the Information Commissioner (ICO).  A link to the contact page of the ICO’s website is provided for your convenience: Contact us | ICO<https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/>.

Yours sincerely

Subject Access Team
East Lothian Council
John Muir House
Haddington
EH41 3HA

Tel: 01620 827623

Information about East Lothian Council’s complaints procedure can be found here<https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210560/your_council/12166/comments_complaints_and_compliments/2>.

Details of your rights to requesting information from East Lothian Council are published here<http://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/704/data_protection_and_freedom_of_information/261/a_guide_to_the_freedom_of_information_scotland_act_2002>.

From: DSAR-ATMR <[email-masked]>
Sent: 11 December 2025 16:03
To: [email-masked]; [email-masked]; Subject Access Request <[email-masked]>
Cc: DSAR-ATMR <[email-masked]>
Subject: Norma Inglis - DSAR Request

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To whom it may concern
We are writing to make a Data Subject Access Request under the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. As part of our client’s application to the Redress Scheme Scotland.
We request access to records that you hold for our client.
Please see details below:
Client: ​​Norma Inglis
Date of Birth: 12/01/1967
Address: 25 Preston Tower, EH32 9NN
Previous name: N/A
Mother’s name: Elizabeth Read (maiden)
Father’s name: Unknown (step father - Iain Inglis)
Siblings: Susan Inglis (22/05/1976)
Address before care or area lived: 4 Broomlaw Road, Hawick
Approximate Dates in Care:​​ Approx 1978 - 1983
Institution: Tynepark, Poldrate, Haddington, East Lothian List D School
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.
Kind Regards,
Rebekah Ditcher,
Aiker Support.

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