Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reinstate online accessibility to the Hillsborough archive following the ending of criminal trials; and if she will make a statement.

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. The archived websites are available on the following links:

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/+/panel.hillsborough.independent.gov.uk/ ;

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20211203190624/http:/hillsborough.independent.gov.uk/ ; and

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20180405140956/http://hillsboroughinquests.independent.gov.uk/

The Operation Resolve archive website has been accessible to the public since March 2022 and is available at the following link,

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20220308161046/http://operationresolve.co.uk/