§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list the 10 oldest sets of public records which have not been released. [21252]
§ Dr. David ClarkI am advised that the oldest records held by the Public Record Office which have not been released are 27 volumes of boxes of Enrolled Deposited Leases, and associated documents, of the Office of Land Revenue Records and Enrolments, dating partly or wholly from before 1900. For information on the oldest public records retained in Government Departments I refer my hon. Friend to answers given in response to a question by the hon. Member for Lewes (Mr. Baker),Official Report, 8 July 1997, columns 391, 393, 394, 421, 425, 428, 436, 449 and 463; 9 July 1997, columns 471–2 and 485; 10 July 1997, columns 555, 573 and 614; 17 July 1997, column 275.