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Public Records: Disclosure of Information

Department for Culture, Media and Sport written question – answered at on 16 July 2025.

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Photo of Peter Lamb Peter Lamb Labour, Crawley

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information her Department holds on the reasons for which the National Archives has amended its policies on the disclosure of public records.

Photo of Chris Bryant Chris Bryant The Minister of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

The National Archives has not amended its policies regarding either the disclosure or reclosure of public records.

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  • (Citation: HC Deb, 16 July 2025, cW)

Secretary of State

Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.