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521979

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date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will remove the restriction that prohibits the publication of official government documents relating to the contaminated blood scandal under the 100-year rule.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	38754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department has transferred records to The National Archives that relate to contaminated blood. There are parts of the documents which are not publicly available as they relate to personal information about named individuals. The names and other identifying information are closed to the public until the individual has reached 100 years of age.</p><p> </p><p>The publication of the names of patients, or other identifying information such as their address and medical condition, would breach their privacy under the Data Protection Act. When the individual reaches 100 years of age, the unredacted documents will be made available. This is consistent with other records held by The National Archives which contains personal and sensitive information.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/06/2016 11:09:31 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

521980

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date he plans to publish official government documents relating to contaminated blood that are held under the 100-year rule.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	38755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2016 answer text <p>Records relating to contaminated blood up to the year 1995 have been transferred to The National Archives for permanent preservation, and are available electronically on their website at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14522322" target="_blank">http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14522322</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/06/2016 11:00:02 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

521981

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many official government documents are held under the 100-year rule relating to the contaminated blood scandal.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	38757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2016 answer text <p>We do not recognise that a 100 year rule has been established for the retention of records. The Department works to the guidance published by The National Archives on the appraisal and selection of records which are retained and transferred for permanent preservation.</p><p> </p><p>The records relating to contaminated blood have been published in response to obligations under the Freedom of Information Act, and records relating to the period between 1986 and 1995 transferred to The National Archives.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/06/2016 11:04:06 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss