Police records under Public Records Act 1958
Hillsborough Panel · Hillsborough: The Report of the Hillsborough Independent Panel · Issued 12 September 2012 · Addressed to: Home Office
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
We recommend that the preservation of police records be reviewed to ensure that all such documents are treated as public records, held on behalf of the public, subject to the Public Records Act 1958 and to transfer to the National Archives or other appointed place of deposit, subject to provisions for closure relating to confidentiality, where appropriate.
Hillsborough Panel, Hillsborough: The Report of the Hillsborough Independent Panel · 12 Sep 2012 Source PDF →
Response — verbatim from government
●Home Office
No formal government response published. The Hillsborough documents disclosed by the Panel were transferred to The National Archives, but a broader review of police records treatment under the Public Records Act 1958 has not been formally announced.
Home Office · 1 Dec 2012
Evidence trail — what's actually happened since
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