5 Response No Response

Private owners encouraged to deposit records

Recommendation

We recommend that, once a copy of all material has been placed on a Digital Archive, private owners - including the FA and SWFC - be encouraged to deposit original materials to an appropriate archive in the Distributed Permanent Archive. Private records relating to the disaster, including fan-produced materials, should also be deposited.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
Government response: No Response. Last substantive update was December 2012. No recent public evidence of further progress.
Sources
Government response (2012-12-01): no_response Text: No formal government response published. Private organisations including the FA and Sheffield Wednesday FC contributed documents to the Panel's disclosure process. The encouragement of further deposits of private records is ongoing but no formal mechanism has been established. Progress update (2012-12-01): In Progress No formal government response published. Private organisations including the FA and Sheffield Wednesday FC contributed documents to the Panel's disclosure process. The encouragement of further deposits of private records is ongoing but no formal mechanism has been established.
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This recommendation applies across many organisations. The evidence above reflects central policy activity; adoption in individual organisations may vary.
Jurisdiction
England and Wales
Response
No Response
No Response The National Archives
01 Dec 2012

No formal government response published. Private organisations including the FA and Sheffield Wednesday FC contributed documents to the Panel's disclosure process. The encouragement of further deposits of private records is ongoing but no formal mechanism has been established.

Source
Inquiry Hillsborough Panel
Report Hillsborough: The Report of the Hillsborough Independent Panel 12 Sep 2012
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Responsible Bodies
The National Archives Primary
Themes & Tags
Weak Government Accountability & Scrutiny Records Archiving Private Records
Recommendation age 13.7 yrs
Last formal update 4929 days ago