Question follow-through · 70162
Bombings: Birmingham
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds historic records relating to the Birmingham pub bombings that have not been deposited in the National Archives.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 22 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 2 Sept 2025 · 42 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds historic records relating to the Birmingham pub bombings that have not been deposited in the National Archives.
1 Sept 2025
Target answer date
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2 Sept 2025
Answer published
I can confirm that the Home Office do hold historic records relating to the horrific 1974 Birmingham Pub bombings that have not yet been deposited in the National Archives.Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, files can be retained by Government depa...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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