diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/webscripts/AbstractResourceWebScript.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/webscripts/AbstractResourceWebScript.java
index ca46bbb947..a487032a80 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/webscripts/AbstractResourceWebScript.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/webscripts/AbstractResourceWebScript.java
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonMappingException;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;
 import org.springframework.extensions.surf.util.URLEncoder;
 import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.Cache;
-import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.Description;
-import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.Status;
 import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.WebScriptException;
 import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.WebScriptRequest;
 import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.WebScriptResponse;
@@ -145,15 +143,16 @@ public abstract class AbstractResourceWebScript extends ApiWebScript implements
     public Object execute(final ResourceWithMetadata resource, final Params params, final WebScriptResponse res, boolean isReadOnly)
     {
         final String entityCollectionName = ResourceInspector.findEntityCollectionNameName(resource.getMetaData());
-        return transactionService.getRetryingTransactionHelper().doInTransaction(
+        final ResourceOperation operation = resource.getMetaData().getOperation(getHttpMethod());
+        final ResponseCallBack callBack = new ResponseCallBack(operation.getSuccessStatus(),DEFAULT_JSON_CONTENT,ApiWebScript.CACHE_NEVER);
+        Object toReturn = transactionService.getRetryingTransactionHelper().doInTransaction(
                 new RetryingTransactionHelper.RetryingTransactionCallback<Object>()
                 {
                     @Override
                     public Object execute() throws Throwable
                     {
-                        final ResourceOperation operation = resource.getMetaData().getOperation(getHttpMethod());
+
                         Object result = executeAction(resource, params);
-                        setResponse(res,operation.getSuccessStatus(),ApiWebScript.CACHE_NEVER, DEFAULT_JSON_CONTENT);
                         if (result instanceof BinaryResource)
                         {
                             return result; //don't postprocess it.
@@ -161,6 +160,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractResourceWebScript extends ApiWebScript implements
                         return helper.processAdditionsToTheResponse(res, resource.getMetaData().getApi(), entityCollectionName, params, result);
                     }
                 }, isReadOnly, true);
+        setResponse(res,callBack);
+        return toReturn;
     }
 
     public abstract Object executeAction(ResourceWithMetadata resource, Params params) throws Throwable;
@@ -194,14 +195,20 @@ public abstract class AbstractResourceWebScript extends ApiWebScript implements
      * @param status
      * @param cache
      * @param contentInfo
+     * @param headers
      */
-    protected void setResponse(final WebScriptResponse res, int status, Cache cache, ContentInfo contentInfo)
+    protected void setResponse(final WebScriptResponse res, int status, Cache cache, ContentInfo contentInfo, Map<String, String> headers)
     {
         res.setStatus(status);
         res.setCache(cache);
         setContentInfoOnResponse(res,contentInfo);
     }
-    
+
+    protected void setResponse(final WebScriptResponse res, ResponseCallBack withResponse)
+    {
+        setResponse(res, withResponse.getStatus(), withResponse.getCache(), withResponse.getContentInfo(), withResponse.getHeaders());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Renders the result of an execution.
      * 
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/webscripts/ResourceWebScriptDelete.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/webscripts/ResourceWebScriptDelete.java
index 987c0ac5da..b35603edf0 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/webscripts/ResourceWebScriptDelete.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/webscripts/ResourceWebScriptDelete.java
@@ -141,19 +141,21 @@ public class ResourceWebScriptDelete extends AbstractResourceWebScript implement
     @Override
     public Void execute(final ResourceWithMetadata resource, final Params params, final WebScriptResponse res, boolean isReadOnly)
     {
+        final ResourceOperation operation = resource.getMetaData().getOperation(HttpMethod.DELETE);
+        final ResponseCallBack callBack = new ResponseCallBack(operation.getSuccessStatus(),DEFAULT_JSON_CONTENT,ApiWebScript.CACHE_NEVER);
         transactionService.getRetryingTransactionHelper().doInTransaction(
             new RetryingTransactionCallback<Void>()
             {
                 @Override
                 public Void execute() throws Throwable
                 {
-                    final ResourceOperation operation = resource.getMetaData().getOperation(HttpMethod.DELETE);
                     executeAction(resource, params); //ignore return result
-                    setResponse(res,operation.getSuccessStatus(),ApiWebScript.CACHE_NEVER, DEFAULT_JSON_CONTENT);
                     return null;
                 }
             }, false, true);
+        setResponse(res,callBack);
         return null;
+
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/webscripts/ResponseCallBack.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/webscripts/ResponseCallBack.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66107b92e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/webscripts/ResponseCallBack.java
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+package org.alfresco.rest.framework.webscripts;
+
+import org.alfresco.rest.framework.resource.content.ContentInfo;
+import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.Cache;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * Values to be set on the response at the appropriate time.
+ *
+ * It should be ok to set these variables multiple times but only the latest values are used.
+ *
+ * @author Gethin James
+ */
+public class ResponseCallBack
+{
+    private ContentInfo contentInfo;
+    private int status;
+    private Map<String, String> headers;
+    private Cache cache;
+
+    public ResponseCallBack(int status, ContentInfo contentInfo, Cache cache)
+    {
+        this.contentInfo = contentInfo;
+        this.status = status;
+        this.headers = new HashMap<>();
+        this.cache = cache;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the information about the content: mimetype, encoding, locale, length
+     *
+     * @param contentInfo
+     */
+    public void setContentInfo(ContentInfo contentInfo)
+    {
+        this.contentInfo = contentInfo;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the Response Status
+     *
+     * @param status int
+     */
+    public void setStatus(int status)
+    {
+        this.status = status;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set a response header with the given name and value.  If the header has
+     * already been set, the new value overwrites the previous one.
+     *
+     * @param name  header name
+     * @param value  header value
+     */
+    public void setHeader(String name, String value)
+    {
+        headers.put(name, value);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the Cache control
+     *
+     * @param  cache  cache control
+     */
+    public void setCache(Cache cache)
+    {
+        this.cache = cache;
+    }
+
+    public ContentInfo getContentInfo()
+    {
+        return contentInfo;
+    }
+
+    public int getStatus()
+    {
+        return status;
+    }
+
+    public Cache getCache()
+    {
+        return cache;
+    }
+
+    public Map<String, String> getHeaders()
+    {
+        return headers;
+    }
+
+
+}