Asked by: Lord Beith (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what targets have been set for the release of her Department's material to the National Archives; what progress has been made in meeting those targets; and how many staff in her Department are engaged in reviewing records for that purpose.
Answered by Theresa Villiers
The targets that have been set for the release of Northern Ireland Office records to the National Archives are:
1983 – November 2014
1984 – March 2015
1985 – July 2015
1986 – January 2016
At present the Department is on track to meet those targets.
The Department has three part-time records reviewers whose work is overseen by a senior records manager, supported by a records team of three staff.