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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

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.

Hillsborough Panel, Hillsborough: The Report of the Hillsborough Independent Panel · 12 Sep 2012 Source PDF →

Published evidence summary

Publicly available evidence relating to this recommendation:

Government reports this recommendation as delivered. Implemented.

Sources

Government response (2012-12-01): Accepted Text: 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 transfe Progress update (2012-12-01): Completed 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 transfe
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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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