Recommendation 8: Digital archive accessible with professional support
From Hillsborough: The Report of the Hillsborough Independent Panel, published 12 September 2012.
Recommendation
The digital archive and the audio-visual material should remain available for the foreseeable future at Liverpool and Sheffield with advisory and support staff as necessary; it should be accessible according to the access protocol agreed by the Panel.
In brief (written by this site)
In a written parliamentary answer in November 2022, Chris Philp, Minister of State at the Home Office, stated that the government had ensured public access to online archive material regarding the Hillsborough Independent Panel and the Hillsborough Inquests through The National Archives website since January 2022 (Chris Philp, Nov 2022). The record holds no update since the Home Office's response of November 2022 (Chris Philp, Nov 2022).
Sources
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About this summary
This recommendation applies across many organisations. The record reflects central policy activity; adoption in individual organisations may vary.
Government response
No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.
Delivery
Home Office states no delivery position (8 November 2022)
The Government has ensured public access to the online archive material concerning the Hillsborough Independent Panel and the Hillsborough Inquests which has been available via The National Archives website since January 2022.
From: Hillsborough Independent Panel: Archives (written question 75808)
Site note: The answer does not mention this recommendation. The access it describes is through The National Archives website. This recommendation asks that the digital archive and the audio-visual material remain available at Liverpool and Sheffield with advisory and support staff, and under the access protocol the Panel agreed; nothing found addresses those.
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- Home Office
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