HC Deb 15 October 2002 vol 390 cc628-9W
Mr. Baker

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what guidance has been issued to departments relating to the retention of e-mails for possible future submission to the Public Record Office. [73954]

Ms Rosie Winterton

Key guidance has been issued for the management of e-mails within government departments, with a view to their future retention as public records. The Public Record Office published"Management, appraisal and preservation of electronic records—Vol 2: Procedures" in 1999, which gives detailed advice on standards, procedures and policies for managing e-mails as records.