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Commons · Question 20974 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · Official record

Answered 29 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Mike Wood

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance the National Archives has given to Departments on the retention of responses to consultations and calls for evidence.

Answer

Answered by Stephanie Peacock, 29 Sep 2026

The Secretary of State's Code of Practice on the Management of Records issued under section 46 the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Code) provides general guidance to departments and wider public authorities on the keeping, management and destruction ...