Treasury: Public Records

(asked on 14th February 2019) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many records his Department holds that have reached the time limit for their transfer to the National Archives but have not been transferred.


Answered by
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Robert Jenrick
This question was answered on 21st February 2019

HM Treasury currently holds the following legacy records (pre-1994):

23,310

- Records still to be reviewed, retained by means of Retention Instrument

9,645

- Records selected for transfer to The National Archives, retained by means of Retention Instrument

55,600

- Records awaiting destruction

11,774

- Records planned for transfer in calendar year 2019

13

- Records retained for an inquiry or investigation

526

- Records and extracts retained from transferred records

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