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Government departments preparing records for transfer to The National Archives should review the access requirements of those records in order to identify material that: should be retained, should be transferred to The National Archives as closed, or as open.

Subjects: access, closed records, freedom of information, redaction, retention, sensitivity review, transfer

What are public records, and who is responsible for them?
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Responsibility relating to public records

Subjects: access, public records, sensitivity review

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Guidance for sensitivity review

Data protection and personal information ((PDF, 114 KB))

Freedom of Information exemptions ((PDF, 158 KB))

Principles for determining the access status of records on transfer ((PDF, 101 KB))

Procedures for closure on transfer ((PDF, 121 KB))

Redaction considerations ((PDF, 98 KB))

Retention ((PDF, 185 KB))

Sensitivity review – a quick reference guide (PDF, 0.22 Mb)

What are public records, and who is responsible for them? ((PDF, 117 KB))

Data protection and personal information
((PDF, 114 KB))

Freedom of Information exemptions
((PDF, 158 KB))

Principles for determining the access status of records on transfer
((PDF, 101 KB))

Procedures for closure on transfer
((PDF, 121 KB))

Redaction considerations
((PDF, 98 KB))

Retention
((PDF, 185 KB))

Sensitivity review – a quick reference guide
(PDF, 0.22 Mb)

What are public records, and who is responsible for them?
((PDF, 117 KB))