PARENTS whose babies' remains were disposed of without their knowledge are having to wait until two weeks after a report into the scandal was passed to a council before seeing the contents.
Edinburgh City Council said it received former Lord Advocate Dame Elish Angiolini's findings into the investigation of former practices at Mortonhall Crematorium last week and it will reveal the contents on April 30.
The scandal emerged in December, 2012, when it was revealed that the crematorium had buried or scattered the ashes of babies for decades without their parents' knowledge.
Families said they were told there would be nothing to scatter.
Dorothy Maitland, operations director of Stillborn and Neonatal Death Society (Sands) Lothians, one of the affected parents, said she was "very, very disappointed" that no-one from the council had let her know they had the report earlier.
Sue Bruce, Edinburgh City Council chief executive, said: "Dame Elish Angiolini's report is lengthy and wide-ranging and I needed to read it thoroughly before setting a publication date.
"It was also important that the council considered issues around the protection of sensitive personal data prior to publication.
"Due to the length of the report, we expect to publish it on Wednesday, April 30, with parents receiving a personal copy that morning, ahead of wider publication.
"I intend to write to parents personally tomorrow to advise them of this.
"I understand how anxious they are to receive the report."
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