237.Subsection (1) of this section provides for the Scottish Ministers to prepare and publish, as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of a reporting period, a report in respect of domestic homicide or suicide reviews during the reporting period. This report must also be laid before the Parliament within the same timeframe. The first reporting period will end 2 years after the day on which the definition of the review model comes into force, and thereafter each subsequent two-year period will be a reporting period.
238.There are a number of things which the report must cover under subsection (2), although it can also include such other information in respect of reviews during the period as the Scottish Ministers see fit.
239.Specifically, the report must include—
	information about any common themes emerging from the outcome of reviews,
	information about any lessons to be learned which are identified in case reports and which the Scottish Ministers consider to be of particular importance (for example, this might include pertinent points learned about the experiences of a particular minority group which may be of wider relevance but might not be a common theme as there may be only one report relating to that minority group),
	information about any actions taken as a result of recommendations made in individual case reports and, where known, the impact of those actions,
	the reasons for any cases being sifted out – e.g. where the outcome of the sift stage is a determination that a death is not reviewable or that, although it is reviewable, a review is not to be carried out (for example, it may be that a death is not reviewed because the connection with Scotland is too peripheral for there to be any lessons to be learned for Scottish systems),
	the number of notices given by the Lord Advocate which suspend, discontinue or allow the resumption of a review, along with the reasons given for any suspension or discontinuation, and
	certain statistical information, as set out in subsection (2)(b), which will provide an overall picture of the work taking place throughout the reporting period in respect of the review model.
240.Subsection (3) requires the Scottish Ministers to consult the persons specified in this provision when preparing a report.
Interpretation Reporting Section 30 – Periodic reports