The current Home Secretary will subsequently approve a new Code of Practice on Police Information and Records Management to replace the existing Code of Practice on Management of Police Information 20

The current Home Secretary will subsequently approve a new Code of Practice on Police Information and Records Management to replace the existing Code of Practice on Management of Police Information 2005, and it will soon be laid before Parliament. The purpose of this Code is to help improve how records are managed and to provide a framework to support a cohesive, ethical, effective, legitimate and efficient approach to information and records management, maximising the opportunities and benefits that good information and records management provides. The new Code of Practice, together with a new, complementary APP on 'Archiving of records in the public interest', will set guidance for preserving records where there is a public interest, as well as setting out advice on how appropriate types of records should be managed to prevent obsolescence.