Request
1. Please can you tell me do Norfolk Archives, Suffolk Archives and Essex Archives have full archive accreditation from the National Archives?
2. Can you also tell me if they are fully accredited have any of these archives had any recent follow-up interviews after their first archive accreditation assessment?
Norfolk Archives was interviewed as part of the assessment for a full reapplication for the award in spring 2021.
3. If not when will any of these three archives have follow up interviews to keep their status of full accreditation?
4. Do any of these three archives not have full archives accreditation?
5. Do any have provisional accreditation and if so when did they obtain it?
6. If there is any other information available to the public online in regards to enquiries about searching for archive services full archive accreditation awards can you alert me to how I find this on your website please.
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Our response
1. Please can you tell me do Norfolk Archives, Suffolk Archives and Essex Archives have full archive accreditation from the National Archives?
Norfolk Archives is a fully accredited archive service. Suffolk Archives and Essex Archives currently have provisional accreditation.
2. Can you also tell me if they are fully accredited have any of these archives had any recent follow-up interviews after their first archive accreditation assessment?
Norfolk Archives was interviewed as part of the assessment for a full reapplication for the award in spring 2021. Suffolk Archives was interviewed for retention of the provisional award in spring 2021.
3. If not when will any of these three archives have follow up interviews to keep their status of full accreditation?
We are currently rescheduling accreditation assessments for services whose returns submission has been affected by the pandemic, including Essex Archives, and expect that to be completed during 2022.
Suffolk Archives have been asked to submit their next scheduled review for either November 2022 or March 2023 once a stable post-pandemic offer has been established. A site visit and/or remote interview may form part of this assessment; however, this is still to be confirmed.
4. Do any of these three archives not have full archives accreditation?
See the answer to Question 1.
5. Do any have provisional accreditation and if so when did they obtain it?
Suffolk Archives received provisional accreditation on 3rd July 2019.
Essex Archives received provisional accreditation on 5th July 2018.
6. If there is any other information available to the public online in regards to enquiries about searching for archive services full archive accreditation awards can you alert me to how I find this on your website please.
You can see the status and date of current awards, including provisional awards on our website here.