To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer of 13 December 2007, Official Report, column 826W, on departmental records: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, what the timetable is for the transfer of the files of the former Deputy Prime Minister’s Office to the National Archives. (181334)

The files of the former Deputy Prime Minister’s Office will be transferred to the National Archives by 2037 in accordance with section 3(4) of the Public Records Act 1958 which calls for records to be transferred by the time they are 30-years-old.