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Distributed Permanent Archive at Sheffield/Liverpool/Kew

Hillsborough Panel · Hillsborough: The Report of the Hillsborough Independent Panel · Issued 12 September 2012 · Addressed to: The National Archives

Source — verbatim from the inquiry

●Inquiry recommendation

The Panel proposes a Distributed Permanent Archive of the original material at Sheffield Archives and Liverpool Record Office and for central government records at The National Archives at Kew. Such a Distributed Archive is in keeping with the nature of the records and the services which the three archives can best provide and which they are willing to do.

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. A Distributed Permanent Archive was established as recommended. The Panel's report stated: "The Panel proposes a Distributed Permanent Archive of the original material at Sheffield Archives and Liverpool Record Office, with central government records held at The National Archives at Kew Progress update (2012-12-01): Completed Implemented. A Distributed Permanent Archive was established as recommended. The Panel's report stated: "The Panel proposes a Distributed Permanent Archive of the original material at Sheffield Archives and Liverpool Record Office, with central government records held at The National Archives at Kew
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Response — verbatim from government

●The National Archives

Implemented. A Distributed Permanent Archive was established as recommended. The Panel's report stated: "The Panel proposes a Distributed Permanent Archive of the original material at Sheffield Archives and Liverpool Record Office, with central government records held at The National Archives at Kew. Such a Distributed Archive is in keeping with the nature of the records and the services which the three archives can best provide." Original materials are now held across these three sites. (Source: Hillsborough Independent Panel Report 2012)

The National Archives · 1 Dec 2012

Evidence trail — what's actually happened since

No published activity has been recorded against this recommendation yet.

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