Written question asked by Julian Lewis (Conservative) on Friday, 3 December 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 9 December 2004. It was answered by Ivor Caplin (Labour) on Thursday, 9 December 2004 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is the policy of the Department to retain for the benefit of future (a) historians and (b) applicants under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the same (i) complete categories of files, (ii) numbers of files and (iii) representative examples of files from categories of files destroyed as had been preserved prior to the passage of that Act.

Answer: Dr. Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether it is the policy of the Department to retain for the benefit of future (a) historians and (b) applicants under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the same (i) complete categories of files, (ii) numbers of files and (iii) representative examples of files from categories of files destroyed as had been preserved prior to the passage of that Act. [203337] Mr. Caplin: No change is envisaged in the selection policy for the preservation of records on account of the passage of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 203337; 428 c688W
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Archives Freedom of information Government departments Public records Ministry of Defence Waste disposal Departmental records
Legislation: Freedom of Information Act 2000
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