Question to the Wales Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will provide details of his Department’s process for recording and retaining minutes from all meetings in respect of Government business.

Formal, structured meetings are usually minuted, however, not all internal meetings need to be minuted. In line with the Civil Service Code obligation to ‘keep accurate official records’, officials make judgements as to which meetings need to be minuted.

Specific procedures are in place for external meetings involving ministers. These are publicly available and can be found in the Guidance on the management of Private Office Papers.