Freedom of information request
Financial and HR Information
- Freedom of information request reference
- CAS-245118
- Request resolved
Request
Please provide the following information for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 financial years:
- The total income your organisation received from the government in each year.
- Your organisation’s total expenditure in each year.
- Your organisation’s total staff headcount in each year.
- The year in which your organisation was originally founded
For the purposes of this FOI, income from the government refers to all income you received from the UK government.. This is most likely in the form of government grants but could also be through other mechanisms.
Total expenditure refers to the total amount of money your organisation spent in each financial year. If this is not available, please provide net expenditure and identify it as such.
Your organisation’s headcount refers to the total number of staff employed during each financial year. If a total headcount is not available please provide the full-time equivalent figure and identify it as such.
The year in which your organisation was founded refers to the initial founding of the organisation rather than a name change. Please provide the earliest possible date for this.
Outcome
Some information provided.
Response
Financial Year 2022-23
Total taxpayer funding: The total income TNA received directly from government departments was £1,082,286 in 2022-23.
The figure for government funding voted by Parliament is exempt under section 21 of FOIA. Section 21 of FOIA does not oblige a public authority to provide information if it is already reasonably accessible by other means. In this case the exemption applies because the information is already available in the below document.
Total expenditure: Section 21 of FOIA does not oblige a public authority to provide information if it is already reasonably accessible by other means. In this case the exemption applies because the information is already available in the below document.
Full headcount: Section 21 of FOIA does not oblige a public authority to provide information if it is already reasonably accessible by other means. In this case the exemption applies because the information is already available in the below document.
Financial Year 2023-24
Total taxpayer funding: The total income TNA received directly from government departments was £1,292,765 in 2023-24.
The figure for government funding voted by Parliament is exempt under section 21 of FOIA. Section 21 of FOIA does not oblige a public authority to provide information if it is already reasonably accessible by other means. In this case the exemption applies because the information is already available in the below document.
Total expenditure: Section 21 of FOIA does not oblige a public authority to provide information if it is already reasonably accessible by other means. In this case the exemption applies because the information is already available in the below document.
Full headcount: Section 21 of FOIA does not oblige a public authority to provide information if it is already reasonably accessible by other means. In this case the exemption applies because the information is already available in the below document.
Organisation’s founding
The National Archives is made up of the Public Record Office, The Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts and the Office of Public Sector Information.
The Public Record Office (PRO) was established by Public Record Office Act (s. VIII). Its existence is currently mandated for in s. 2 of the Public Records Act 1958.
The Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (HMC) was established in 1869. In 2003, the HMC merged with PRO to form The National Archives (TNA), with the Keeper of Public Records also becoming sole HMC Commissioner.
TNA as currently constituted dates to 2006, when the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) which contained Her Majesty’s Stationery Office (HMSO), was subsumed into TNA and operated from within it. The Director of OPSI Controller of HMSO was Queen’s Printer for Acts of Parliament, and thereby controller of Crown copyrights and database rights on behalf of the Sovereign until 2017, when the then Keeper/CEO of TNA was appointed Queen’s Printer by letters patent, becoming King’s Printer after the demise of the Crown.
Annexe
Exemptions Applied
Section 21: Information readily available to the applicant by other means
Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) does not oblige a public authority to provide information if it is already reasonably accessible by other means. In this case the exemption applies because the information is already available on The National Archives website.
Further guidance on the application of this exemption can be found on the ICO website.