3 Response Accepted Self-assessed

Central government documents to National Archives

Recommendation

We recommend that relevant central government documents - particularly those of the Cabinet Office and No 10 - be transferred to the National Archives, thus enabling full public access to this material in the future.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
Central government documents relating to Hillsborough that were disclosed to the Panel have been transferred to The National Archives at Kew (Govt response, 2012-12-01). These records are now held at TNA, as recommended by the Panel's report (Govt response, 2012-12-01).
How was this assessed?
Assessed by gemini-2.5-flash on 24 Mar 2026
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Jurisdiction
England and Wales
Response
Accepted
Accepted Cabinet Office
01 Dec 2012

Implemented. Central government documents relating to Hillsborough that were disclosed to the Panel have been transferred to The National Archives. The Panel's report stated: "The Panel recommends that central government documents relating to Hillsborough which were disclosed to the Panel be transferred to The National Archives at Kew in due course, with redactions agreed by the Panel retained." These records are now held at TNA. (Source: Hillsborough Independent Panel Report 2012; The National Archives catalogue)

Source
Report Hillsborough: The Report of the Hillsborough Independent Panel 12 Sep 2012
Responsible Bodies
Cabinet Office Primary
Recommendation age 13.5 yrs
Last formal update 4861 days ago