Access to ‘T 470/238: Wealth tax: draft White Paper’

FOI request reference: CAS-131664-B4R8Q5
Publication date: July 2023

Request

I would like to request the following information regarding access to ‘T 470/238 : Wealth tax: draft White Paper’
Please could you let me know:
1) What were the reasons used to determine how long this record should remain closed?
2) On what date was this record first made available to be viewed by the public?
3) On how many separate occasions, and on what date(s), has the record been ordered/viewed since it was opened?
For (2), if possible please distinguish between occasions when the record was ordered but not collected, and occasions when it was actually collected for viewing.

Outcome

Information provided.

Response

(1) What were the reasons used to determine how long this record should remain closed?

T 470/238 was open upon transfer to The National Archives.

For further information on closure periods for closed archival records, please see our published guidance below:
Closure Period Guidance
Freedom of Information exemptions

2) On what date was this record first made available to be viewed by the public?

T 470/238 was open upon transfer to The National Archives and made available to the public on May 20th, 2014.

3) On how many separate occasions, and on what date(s), has the record been ordered/viewed since it was opened? If possible, please distinguish between occasions when the record was ordered but not collected, and occasions when it was actually collected for viewing.

The record has been ordered three times by members of the public.
Ordered and viewed on September 16th, 2021
Ordered and viewed on December 11th, 2021
Ordered and viewed on June 30th, 2023