Retention schedules for records of care-experienced and adopted people held by organisations in England and Wales: Final report
Desk research and three November 2024 focus groups examined adoption and care records and preservation arrangements. Twenty-four people attended, mainly professionals, including three with experience requesting their own records. Participants identified important material beyond individual case files and difficulties with responsibility for older records, agency changes and digital preservation.
Limitations: The focus groups mainly represent recordkeeping professionals; three record requesters cannot be assumed to be three adoptees. Regional reporting includes Northern Ireland despite the England/Wales organisational focus. Recommendations are proposed practice, not evidence of changed law or improved outcomes. Earlier CALGG findings are reused and not independent replication. The report was commissioned by CALGG within the Archives and Records Association, with support from member services and Welsh Government. It examines institutions’ own recordkeeping responsibilities; readers may consider this commissioning relationship.
- Research type
- Commissioned research report
- Source reviewed
- Full text
- Peer reviewed
- No
- Age group
- Mixed
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Mixed
Adoption context: Mixed adoption pathways
Programme: CALGG care and adoption records research
Institutional context: Government / government-commissioned research
The report was commissioned by CALGG within the Archives and Records Association, with support from member services and Welsh Government. It examines institutions’ own recordkeeping responsibilities; readers may consider this commissioning relationship.
Relationship identified. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: adoption system, professional perspectives, Records access, research methodology
Review scope: Source checked: Full text. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: England / Wales
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- Adoptee involvement
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