Sorry to appear naïve or stupid but I have been pretending to be a member
of the public, ( well it's a tough job but someone has to do it!) and
contact my local council ( Highland in Scotland) on a Freedom of
Information request to see "the other side". They sent me a draft Record
Retentuion Schedule written in 2000 but not yet implemented by the Council
due to the Councillors not agreeing. I was wondred if this is allowed under
the Public Records Act, that a goverment body hasnt an approved RRS. To my
request on road maintence, I was told by the Council that they do not keep
records older than two years. There appears to be no accountability for
this. As Records Managers we appear to be more on the recieving end of
requests under FoI and its actually interesting to do some comparrisons
with other as the actual requestor yourself. I welcome views on this
please.
Ian Pearson
Records Manager
UKAEA
Dounreay
Thurso
Caithness
Scotland
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