HC Deb 13 March 1958 vol 584 c84W
Mr. E. Fletcher

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

Mr. Ian Harvey

The last occasion on which a batch of Foreign Office records was transferred to the custody of the Public Record Office was on 27th January, 1958. The records transferred were the 1928 and 1929 political series.

Mr. E. Fletcher

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 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. Ian Harvey

The dates of the most recent Foreign Office destruction schedules are as follows:—

Foreign Office Archives

  • Third Schedule—12th December, 1938.
  • Fourth Schedule (Supplementary)—26th April, 1946.

Foreign Office Mission Archives

  • First Schedule—19th March, 1946.

Foreign Office Consular Archives

  • Second Schedule—16th March, 1953

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