HC Deb 13 March 1958 vol 584 c75W
Mr. E. Fletcher

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the latest date on which a batch of records from his Department was transferred to the Public Record Office.

Mr. R. A. Butler

The last transfer of Home Office records to the Public Record Office was made in June, 1957.

Mr. E. Fletcher

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the date of the last destruction schedule made under the Public Record Office Act, 1877, relating to non-current records in his Department.

Mr. R. A. Butler

The last Home Office destruction schedule made under the Public Record Office Act, 1877, is the Home Office Eighth Schedule which was laid before Parliament on 26th January, 1955. It supplements and amends schedules submitted in 1944 and 1945.