A Bill to exempt the Department for Work and Pensions from statutory requirements to retain files in written form where it holds electronic files of the information in an approved form; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
12 April 2010
This bill would exempt the Department for Work and Pensions from rules that require documents to be kept in written form if it already holds electronic copies in an approved form. It focuses on how the DWP stores records, with related measures possible under 'connected purposes'.
The bill is currently at the second reading in the House of Commons; if it progresses, it would move to the committee stage for detailed examination.
Generated 21 February 2026
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 10 February 2010. This is known as First Reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
The 2009-10 session of parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
