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Inter-Departmental Archives Committee 1996-2006

The United Kingdom Inter-Departmental Archives Committee (IDAC) met from 1996 to 2006 as a co-ordinating mechanism within government for handling archive policy issues. 

Meetings were suspended after it was agreed to move to a pattern of bilateral meetings with key stakeholders, with broader meetings on particular themes as required.

In 1999 the government departments and expert advisers represented on the Inter-Departmental Archives Committee worked together on a policy statement. The Government Policy on Archives was issued by the Lord Chancellor as a command paper on 2 December 1999 [Cm 4516].

The Inter-Departmental Archives Committee pages are no longer current. However, you can still access a version for reference in the UK Government Web Archive.