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Operational selection policies (OSPs) apply the criteria set out in the acquisition policy to the records of individual departments and agencies or to records relating to a cross-departmental theme. Operational selection policies are normally the subject of public consultation.

You can also see the operational selection policies listed by subject

OSP0: The selection of case files: sampling techniques: this policy has been removed as it has been superseded by OSP48. If you wish to view an archived version of OSP0 please see: OSP: 0 The selection of case files: Sampling techniques (archived version)

Draft operational selection policies currently out for public consultation

OSP5: The administration of social security 1979-1997 (PDF, 0.15Mb)

OSP 34: Restrictive Trade Practices 1956- 2000 (PDF, 0.14Mb)

OSP54: Records of the Food Standards Agency 2000 - 2010 (PDF, 0.50Mb)

Operational selection policies by number

OSP1: The Department of the Environment 1970-79 (PDF, 0.13Mb)

OSP2: The Crown Estate 1975-85 (PDF, 0.07Mb)

OSP3: Industrial policy 1974-79 (PDF, 0.16Mb)

OSP4: The use and conservation of the countryside for recreational purposes 1974-83 (PDF, 0.07Mb)

OSP5: The administration of social security 1979-91 (PDF, 0.10Mb)

OSP6: Records created by and relating to coroners 1970-2000 (PDF, 0.16Mb)

OSP7: The Welsh Office 1979-97 (PDF, 0.12Mb)

OSP8: The Security Service (PDF, 0.08Mb)

OSP9: Fiscal policy 1971-79 (PDF, 0.13Mb)

OSP10: Nature conservation in Great Britain 1973-91 (PDF, 0.10Mb)

OSP11: Nuclear weapons policy 1967-98 (PDF, 0.14Mb)

OSP12: Central direction and oversight of policy 1970-2000 (PDF, 0.13Mb)

OSP13: Britain's diplomatic relations 1973-96 (PDF, 0.31Mb)

OSP14: Home defence and emergency planning 1972-2001 (PDF, 0.11Mb)

OSP15: Control of central government expenditure 1969-97 (PDF, 0.77Mb)

OSP16: Probation records 1965-2001 (PDF, 0.31Mb)

OSP17: Preservation of the built environment 1970-99 (PDF, 0.67Mb)

OSP18: Records of registration of births deaths and marriages of United Kingdom citizens occurring overseas (PDF, 0.09Mb)

OSP19: School age education (3-16 year olds) 1974-88 (PDF, 0.18Mb)

OSP20: Records of the Central Office of Information (COI) (PDF, 0.12Mb)

OSP21: Records of the Criminal Case Review Commission (CCRC) (PDF, 0.08Mb)

OSP23: Records of Britain's overseas representation 1973- (PDF, 0.24Mb)

OSP24: Records relating to the machinery of government and the management of the civil service March 1974 -2000 (PDF, 0.15Mb)

OSP25: The regulation of companies (PDF, 0.18Mb)

OSP26: The regulation of civil aviation 1972-2002 (PDF, 0.27Mb)

OSP27: UK central government websites (PDF, 0.11Mb)

OSP28: Government Communication Headquarters and its predecessors (PDF, 0.07Mb)

OSP29: Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) records (PDF, 0.17Mb)

OSP30: Government and people: the interaction of the state with the citizen (PDF, 0.09Mb)

OSP31: Post 16 education 1974-1988 (PDF, 0.22Mb)

OSP32: Records relating to court actions for individual bankruptc (PDF, 0.16Mb)

OSP33: Records relating to court actions for corporate insolvency (PDF, 0.23Mb)

OSP34: Restrictive trade practices 1956 - 2000 (PDF, 0.06Mb)

OSP35: Board and committee records (PDF, 0.17Mb)

OSP36: Publications grey literature (PDF, 0.17Mb)

OSP37: Freedom of Information Act records (PDF, 0.06Mb)

OSP38: Records of internal administratio (PDF, 0.12Mb)

OSP39: Inspection records (PDF, 0.14Mb)

OSP40: Records relating to indictable criminal proceedings 1972-1992 (PDF, 0.18Mb)

OSP41: Records created in the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food between 1945 and 2000 inherited by the Food Standards Agency (PDF, 0.12Mb)

OSP42: Records of Departmental legal branches (PDF, 0.08Mb)

OSP43: Competition - case files 1950-2008 (PDF, 0.13Mb)

OSP44: Records of UK government involvement in the development and implementation of European Community secondary legislation (PDF, 0.15Mb)

OSP45: English Partnerships 1999-2006 (PDF, 0.24Mb)

OSP46: Records relating to military law and courts-martial (PDF, 0.23Mb)

OSP47: Water Services Regulation Authority (OFWAT) paper and electronic records 1989-2010 (PDF, 0.09Mb)

OSP48: Case files (PDF, 0.11Mb)

OSP49: Export Credits Guarantee Department 1978 onwards (PDF, 0.19Mb)

OSP51: Records of Royal Mail and its Predecessors, 1969 - 2006 (PDF, 0.46Mb)

OSP55: Records of the Pensions Regulator (2005-2011) (PDF, 0.26Mb)

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