§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what special training is given to persons who have responsibility for assessing the historical significance of documents held by his Department. [23279]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonScottish Office documents of historical significance are transmitted to the Keeper of the Records of Scotland, whose staff are responsible for selection on historical grounds. These members of staff—curatorial officers of the Scottish Record Office—are qualified archivists, trained by the SRO itself and, increasingly nowadays in possession also of a diploma in archive administration. In addition, they are supervised in the early stages of their work on these records by senior colleagues to ensure that they
Scotland England Number of places Places per 1,000 population aged 75+ Number of places Places per 1,000 population aged 75+ Local authority 8,356 26.0 67,401 19.9 Private 4,693 14.6 163,202 48.3 Voluntary 4,139 12.9 39,359 11.6 Total 17,188 53.5 269,962 79.9