MOD Information Management Report 2020: explanatory text
Published 24 December 2020
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The 20 Year Rule: monitoring and reporting
The MOD is committed to meeting the 30:20-year transition timetable and adherence to each transition year will take precedence over the review of legacy period records. The review of 1995/96 records is complete and review of 1997/98 records is nearing completion.
The MOD continues to work with The National Archives (TNA) to ensure that records are delivered to TNA in a timely and consistent manner. The MOD to TNA delivery plan for October 2019 to September 2020 can be found on GOV.UK. The delivery plan will be updated annually.
The MOD continues to reduce the volume of previously identified records in the legacy period. The history, scale and complexity of the MOD means that records may continue to be found from the legacy period, and these will be reported when identified. MOD now reports the number of historic service personnel records for which it no longer has any business need. MOD continues to determine how best to transfer these to The National Archives.
This Information Management Report includes figures from the Defence Geographic Centre but excludes reporting from AWE and UK Hydrographic Office who submit their own reports.