Memorandum from the National Archives
There is no written guidance specifically for
draft minutes. However, when a paper file is selected for permanent
preservation, the whole file is selected. The National
Archives doesn't recommend that departments weed files and it
is quite normal for such files to contain document drafts.Drafts
can be historically significant in themselves. Section 7.1 (c)
of TNAs' Guidelines for the Selection of Records (available on
our website) states that:
principal policy papers, for example those leading
to primary or subordinate legislation in which the department
took the lead, submissions to Ministers, and papers created in
the course of preparing material for the Cabinet or a Cabinet
Committee, including all drafts
June 2008
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