Baroness Featherstone – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Featherstone on 2016-04-18.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there exists a 10-year rule under which departmental papers and records may be destroyed, and if so, where that rule is set out.

Lord Bridges of Headley

There is no ten year rule for the destruction of records created by ministers. Departments work to the guidance published by The National Archives on the appraisal and selection of official records which are retained and transferred for permanent preservation.