Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Departmental Records
(asked on 24th June 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask Her Majesty's Government where the historic records of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and its predecessor departments are stored and kept other than in the National Archives.
This question was answered on 4th July 2019
Defra and its predecessor departments send selected records to The National Archives for permanent preservation. Files identified by Defra as public records but not yet available at The National Archives (in the process of preparation and transfer) are located with Defra’s Records Appraisal Team at Lion House, Alnwick, Northumberland NE66 2PF.