Central government documents to National Archives
Hillsborough Panel · Hillsborough: The Report of the Hillsborough Independent Panel · Issued 12 September 2012 · Addressed to: Cabinet Office
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
We recommend that relevant central government documents - particularly those of the Cabinet Office and No 10 - be transferred to the National Archives, thus enabling full public access to this material in the future.
Hillsborough Panel, Hillsborough: The Report of the Hillsborough Independent Panel · 12 Sep 2012 Source PDF →
Response — verbatim from government
●Cabinet Office
Implemented. Central government documents relating to Hillsborough that were disclosed to the Panel have been transferred to The National Archives. The Panel's report stated: "The Panel recommends that central government documents relating to Hillsborough which were disclosed to the Panel be transferred to The National Archives at Kew in due course, with redactions agreed by the Panel retained." These records are now held at TNA. (Source: Hillsborough Independent Panel Report 2012; The National Archives catalogue)
Cabinet Office · 1 Dec 2012
Evidence trail — what's actually happened since
No published activity has been recorded against this recommendation yet.
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