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Public Record Office: Records Management Policy and Liaison; Registered Files (RAD,...

Catalogue reference: PRO 85

What's it about?

PRO 85

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...

Full description and record details

Reference

PRO 85

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

1978-2008

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.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

RAD, RAL and RAS

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Public Record Office, 1838-2003
  • The National Archives, 2003-2003
Physical description

2847 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.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17025634/

Catalogue hierarchy

Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

96,787 records

Within the department: PRO

Domestic Records of the Public Record Office, Gifts, Deposits, Notes and Transcripts

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