HC Deb 13 March 1958 vol 584 cc71-2W
Mr. E. Fletcher

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

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

May, 1957, when Colonial Office records for the year 1939 were transferred. Records for 1940 will shortly be ready for transfer.

Mr. E. Fletcher

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies 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. Lennox-Boyd

The last destruction schedule for Colonial Office records was drawn up in 1947 and papers for the years 1941–43 are now being dealt with under it.

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