Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets have been set for the release of his Department's material to the National Archives; what progress has been made in meeting those targets; and how many staff in his Department are engaged in reviewing records for that purpose.

The Department has two full-time reviewers, supported by a team leader. The Department is recruiting two additional full-time staff as sensitivity reviewers to support the transfer of records to The National Archives.

Departmental progress is reported to The National Archives on a bi-annual basis and is available on their website at:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/record-transfer-report.htm