Baroness Featherstone – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Featherstone on 2016-04-11.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the 10 year rule that is given as the reason that Lord Owen’s and Lord Jenkin of Roding’s ministerial papers in regard to contaminated blood were destroyed.

Lord Prior of Brampton

We do not recognise that a ten year rule has been established for the destruction of records created by ministers. The Department works to the guidance published by The National Archives on the appraisal and selection of official records which are retained and transferred for permanent preservation.