The National Archives' box board specifications

An official publishing agreement for use by government departments and agencies in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

This guidance is intended to give government cataloguers clear and simple advice about how to produce their work.

This page sets out the circumstances in which material is taken down from our websites, and/or information previously available in transferred public records is reclosed.

Government departments preparing records for transfer to The National Archives should review the access requirements of those records in order to identify material that: should be retained, should be transferred to The National Archives as closed, or as open.

Record retention application form (Word version)

Record retention application form (Excel version).

This toolkit has been produced to provide guidance on editing exempt material from information held by public bodies. Its purpose is to promote good records management practice across the public sector and to assist in the implementation of the Freedom of Information Act.

Application form for closure of paper records at transfer (Word version).

Application form for closure of paper records on transfer (Excel version).