Retention of two CAB records

Request

1. Please provide me with any information you hold with regard to the public record with reference CAB 301/673 (Description: Changing status of the Post Office, Date: 1966 Apr 20 – 1970 Feb 11), particularly any correspondence, notes, minutes, reports or decisions discussing its retention by the Cabinet Office. Please exclude any information that is already available online on the catalogue of The National Archives.
2. Please provide me with any information you hold with regard to the public record with reference CAB 301/676 (Description: Future status of the Post Office, Date: 1967 Oct 4 – 1968 Sept 23), particularly any correspondence, notes, minutes, reports or decisions discussing its retention by the Cabinet Office. Please exclude any information that is already available online on the catalogue of The National Archives.

Outcome

Information provided.

Response

CAB 301/673 and CAB 301/676 were retained by the Cabinet Office in 2010 under section 3(4) of the Public Records Act, and their retention was extended in 2019/2020.

Based on the information available to The National Archives the Cabinet Office has retained these records under a Security and Intelligence Instrument. No application is made to the Advisory Council on National Records and Archives (ACNRA) if records fall under this instrument. Government departments will independently identify records where retention is required in these cases.

Below, you can find information relating to the retention of these records in 2010. This information has been extracted from a transfer summary document and therefore includes information relating more broadly to the transfer/retention of records in the CAB 301 series, within the piece range 645-849.