Catalogue description Public Record Office: Records Management Policy and Liaison; Registered Files (RAD, RAL and RAS Prefix)

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Details of PRO 85
Reference: PRO 85
Title: Public Record Office: Records Management Policy and Liaison; Registered Files (RAD, RAL and RAS Prefix)
Description:

This series contains records relating to records management policy and liaison about the management, transfer and access of records from public record bodies. This series contains three prefixes:

  • The RAS prefix relates to records management policies and public access to records;
  • The RAD prefix relates to the liaison with public record bodies about the management and review of their records;
  • The RAL prefix relates to the appointment of places of deposit for public records outside the Public Record Office and policies on their selection of records for preservation.

Date: 1978-2008
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: RAD, RAL and RAS
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Public Record Office, 1838-2003

The National Archives, 2003-
Physical description: 2842 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

The National Archives, Kew , from 2019
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The Records Management Department within the Public Record Office provided advice and guidance to government departments and other public record bodies on the management of records, and their selection and transfer to the PRO. It also advised the Lord Chancellor on questions relating to public access to records and on the public records system generally.

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