8 Response Accepted

Digital archive accessible with professional support

Recommendation

We recommend that the Digital Archive be permanently accessible at the Liverpool Record Office, the Central Library, Sheffield and other appropriate local venues, so that members of the public have access to the full archive at these sites, with professional support. Funding should be made available to ensure that adequate facilities and staffing are in place.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
Government reports this recommendation as delivered. Implemented.
Sources
Government response (2012-12-01): Accepted Text: Implemented. The Digital Archive was made publicly accessible. On Disclosure Day (12 September 2012), the Panel launched a website containing 450,000 pages of material collated from 85 organisations. The archive website (hillsborough.independent.gov.uk) provided public access to all disclosed docume Progress update (2012-12-01): Completed Implemented. The Digital Archive was made publicly accessible. On Disclosure Day (12 September 2012), the Panel launched a website containing 450,000 pages of material collated from 85 organisations. The archive website (hillsborough.independent.gov.uk) provided public access to all disclosed docume
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Jurisdiction
England and Wales
Response
Accepted
Accepted Department for Culture, Media and Sport
01 Dec 2012

Implemented. The Digital Archive was made publicly accessible. On Disclosure Day (12 September 2012), the Panel launched a website containing 450,000 pages of material collated from 85 organisations. The archive website (hillsborough.independent.gov.uk) provided public access to all disclosed documents. This has been preserved by The National Archives. (Source: Hillsborough Independent Panel Report 2012)

Source
Inquiry Hillsborough Panel
Report Hillsborough: The Report of the Hillsborough Independent Panel 12 Sep 2012
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Responsible Bodies
Department for Culture, Media and Sport Primary
Themes & Tags
Weak Government Accountability & Scrutiny Records Archiving Public Access
Recommendation age 13.7 yrs
Last formal update 4929 days ago