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date	26/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Public Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what targets have been set for the release of his Department's material to the National Archives; what progress has been made in meeting those targets; and how many staff in his Department are engaged in reviewing records for that purpose.
tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
tabling member printed	Sir Alan Beith
uin	209614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Each spring and autumn the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) provides a submission to The National Archives (TNA) which sets out its progress for transferring records as part of the 10 year transition from the 30 to 20 year rule. In MoJ’s most recent submission to TNA in spring 2014, the department reported that it is on track to transfer records due in 2014. MoJ’s submission forms part of TNA’s Record Transfer Report which is available at the following link:</p><p><a title="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/record-transfer-report.htm" href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/record-transfer-report.htm" target="_blank">http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/record-transfer-report.htm</a></p><p>MoJ currently has 10 members of staff that undertake record review.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 14/10/2014 14:15:43 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	513 label Biography information for Lord Beith

90872

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date	04/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Public Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that departments meet targets for clearing public records for transfer to the National Archives.
tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
tabling member printed	Sir Alan Beith
uin	905297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p>Government departments are currently in transition from the 30 year rule for transferring records to The National Archives to a 20 year rule, over a ten year period. The National Archives works closely with departments to help them meet their targets for transferring records through published statistics and capability assessments.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2014 the Prime Minister commissioned his independent adviser on ministerial standards, Sir Alex Allan, to establish the position across government on the annual release of papers and the ability and readiness of departments to meet the requirements of moving to the 20-year rule. The Government will consider Sir Alex’s recommendations in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 10/09/2014 10:13:42 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	513 label Biography information for Lord Beith