Back الأرشيف الوطني البريطاني Arabic Arxius Nacionals del Regne Unit Catalan Yr Archifau Cenedlaethol Welsh The National Archives Danish The National Archives German Archivos Nacionales del Reino Unido Spanish Erresuma Batuko Artxibategi Nazionala Basque آرشیو ملی (بریتانیا) Persian Archives nationales (Royaume-Uni) French राष्ट्रीय ग्रंथागार (यूनाइटेड किंगडम) Hindi
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| Non-ministerial department overview | |
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| Formed | April 2003 |
| Jurisdiction | England and Wales, HM Government |
| Headquarters | Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU 51°28′52″N 0°16′46″W / 51.48111°N 0.27944°W |
| Employees | 590[1]: 66 |
| Annual budget |  £46.2 million (2022–23)[2] |
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| Parent department | Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport |
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| Website | nationalarchives |
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The National Archives (TNA; Welsh: Yr Archifau Cenedlaethol) is a non-ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.[3] Its parent department is the Department for Culture, Media and Sport of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.[4] It is the official archive of the UK Government and for England and Wales; and "guardian of some of the nation's most iconic documents, dating back more than 1,000 years."[5] There are separate national archives for Scotland (the National Records of Scotland) and Northern Ireland (the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland).
TNA was formerly four separate organisations: the Public Record Office (PRO), the Historical Manuscripts Commission, the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) and His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO). The Public Record Office still exists as a legal entity, as the enabling legislation has not been modified,[6][7] and documents held by the institution thus continue to be cited by many scholars as part of the PRO.[8] Since 2008, TNA has also hosted the former UK Statute Law Database, now known as legislation.gov.uk.
The department is the responsibility of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism; a minister in His Majesty's Government.[9]
- ^ "Annual report and accounts of The National Archives: 2022-23" (PDF). The National Archives. July 2023.
- ^ "Core financial tables 2022-23" (PDF). The National Archives. July 2023.
- ^ "The National Archives". UK Government. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Machinery of Government changes: Data protection policy; Information Commissioner's Office; The National Archives; and, Government records management policy:Written statement – HCWS209". Inside Government. parliament.uk. 2015. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ "Welcome to GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ "Freedom of Information Act 2000". www.legislation.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ "Public Records Act 1958". www.legislation.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 18 May 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ "General Instructions: The Library". academic.oup.com. Archived from the original on 3 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism". GOV.UK. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.