Series
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
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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PRO 85
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Title (The name of the record)
- Public Record Office: Records Management Policy and Liaison; Registered Files (RAD, RAL and RAS Prefix)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1978-2008
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Description (What the record is about)
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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.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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RAD, RAL and RAS
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Public Record Office, 1838-2003
- The National Archives, 2003-2003
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2847 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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The National Archives, Kew , from 2019
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17025634/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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)