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Answering questions

Answering questions

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Key contacts

If you wish to contact The National Archives for advice or information in any of the following areas, the most appropriate contacts are listed below. If you have a records, research or record copying enquiry, please use our contact form.

Chief Executive of The National Archives

Ms Natalie Ceeney


+ 44 (0) 20 8392 5220

 

natalie.ceeney@nationalarchives.gov.ukEmail link

Director of Technology and Chief Information Officer

Dr David Thomas


+ 44 (0) 20 8392 5222

 

david.thomas@nationalarchives.gov.ukEmail link

Director of Public Services & Marketing

James Strachan

+ 44 (0) 20 8392 5375

james.strachan@nationalarchives.gov.uk

Director of Information Policy and Services

Carol Tullo

+44 (0) 20 7276 2660

carol.tullo@nationalarchives.gov.uk

Head of Information Policy

For Information Policy, Crown Copyright and Licensing

Jim Wretham

+44 (0) 16 0372 3001

jim.wretham@nationalarchives.gov.uk

Head of Standards

For the Information Fair Trader scheme and complaints under the re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations

Marcia Jackson

+44 (0) 20 7276 5215

marcia.jackson@nationalarchives.gov.uk

Head of Publishing Services

For official publications and legislation publishing

Alan Pawsey

+44 (0) 16 0372 3014

alan.pawsey@nationalarchives.gov.uk

Regional liaison, advice to grant-awarding bodies and sales monitoring; advice on private records

Including liaison with regional archive councils and regional agencies

Advice to all owners and custodians of non-public records

Dr Norman James

+ 44 (0) 20 8876 3444 (extension 2615)

norman.james@nationalarchives.gov.ukEmail link

 

Contact details for the regional liaison team

Public records in places of deposit

Advice on issues relating to the management of public records in approved places of deposit, including disposal, legislation and access

Archive inspection services
+ 44 (0) 20 8392 5330 (extension 2354)

archive-inspection@nationalarchives.gov.ukEmail link

 

Andrew Rowley
+ 44 (0) 20 8392 5318

andrew.rowley@nationalarchives.gov.ukEmail link

Records management advisory service

Advice on developing effective information and records management systems in the wider public sector for paper and electronic records

Richard Blake


+ 44 (0) 20 8392 5208

 

richard.blake@nationalarchives.gov.ukEmail link

Social inclusion and diversity issues

Including online and cataloguing initiatives and The National Archives' User Advisory group

Sara Griffiths


+ 44 (0) 20 8876 3444 (ex 5281)

 

sara.griffiths@nationalarchives.gov.ukEmail link

Copyright and intellectual property relating to National Archives holdings

Guidance on copyright and other intellectual property issues

Tim Padfield


+ 44 (0) 20 8392 5381

 

tim.padfield@nationalarchives.gov.ukEmail link

Preservation and digital preservation issues

Conserving and preserving paper and digital materials

Developing suitable systems to handle technological changes in digital formats

Digital preservation

Adrian Brown


+ 44 (0) 20 8392 5257

 

adrian.brown@nationalarchives.gov.ukEmail link

Preservation and conservation of paper and traditional materials

Mario Aleppo

+ 44 (0) 20 8392 5257

mario.aleppo@nationalarchives.gov.ukEmail link

 

Contact details for the preservation team

Education, learning and access, schools and universities

Learning Curve and other online initiatives for schools

Events, exhibitions and outreach programmes for schoolchildren and undergraduates :

Academic publications and development of material for the higher education and lifelong learning sectors:

 

Andrew Payne
+ 44 (0) 20 8392 5319

andrew.payne@nationalarchives.gov.ukEmail link

 

 

 

Vanessa Carr
+ 44 (0) 20 8392 5330 (extension 5224)

vanessa.carr@nationalarchives.gov.ukEmail link

Inspection of repositories and related archival standards

Advice on standards for storage and access of public and private archives, and how related issues such as Freedom of Information impact upon them

Dr Norman James
+ 44 (0) 20 8392 5330 (extension 2615)

norman.james@nationalarchives.gov.ukEmail link

 

Andrew Rowley
+ 44 (0) 20 8392 5318

andrew.rowley@nationalarchives.gov.ukEmail link

National Register of Archives

Alex Ritchie


+ 44 (0) 20 8392 5330 (extension 2606)

 

alex.ritchie@nationalarchives.gov.ukEmail link

Archives awareness initiatives

Advice on initiatives to promote archives

Archives awareness campaign officer


+ 44 (0) 20 8392 5277

 

press@nationalarchives.gov.ukEmail link

Advisory Council on national records and archives

For information on the remit and meetings of the Advisory Council

Lale Ozdemir

+ 44 (0) 20 8392 5377


lale.ozdemir@nationalarchives.gov.uk Email link

Friends of The National Archives

For information on the activities of the Friends of The National Archives

Emma Markiewicz

 

+ 44 (0) 20 8392 5330 (extension 2125)

 

emma.markiewicz@nationalarchives.gov.ukEmail link