HC Deb 08 December 1980 vol 995 c247W
Mr. Christopher Price

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list in the Official Report those documents which he has released under section 5(1) of the Public Records Act within the 30-year time limit.

Mr. Whitelaw

I have no power under section 5(1) of the Public Records Act to release documents within the 30-year period; but since May 1979 only one document has been released within that period by the Lord Chancellor at my request. It isClass No. Ho 247. Borstal: After Care of Young Offenders (Special Paper by Frank Foster, Director of CACA) SI 56.