HC Deb 05 July 2002 vol 388 c643W
Mrs. Ellman

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what recent guidance she has given to individual departments concerning the public release of documents relating to Edward VIII; and if he will make a statement. [66720]

Ms Rosie Winterton

Individual Government Departments are responsible for re-reviewing remaining closed records relating to King Edward VIII in line with the standard criteria for extended closure from the Open Government White Paper (1993). General guidance on access to records relating to the Royal Family was issued jointly by the Cabinet Office and Public Record Office in September 2001 and is available on the PRO website at: www.pro.gov.uk/recordsmanagement/access.