## Reclosure Figures For 2016 40 Cases Went Before The Reclosure Panel In 2016.* Of Those 40 Cases:

- 
21 cases resulted in a full file reclosure. See Annex A for breakdown of figures.  
- 
14 cases resulted in a partial reclosure i.e. redactions to sensitive information were made and the rest of the file remaining open. See Annex B for breakdown of figures. 
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5 cases are still under review. 
Freedom of Information Act (2000) exemptions cited as the reason for reclosure of files (approximate breakdown): 
 

- 
Personal information: 38% 
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Personal information plus prejudice to health and safety: 62% 

## Annex A - Reclosure By Series

| Series Reference                 |
|----------------------------------|
| ASSI 45                          |
|                                  |
| 1                                |
| Assizes: Northern and North-     |
| Eastern Circuits: Criminal       |
| Depositions and Case Papers      |
| ASSI 11                          |
|                                  |
| Assizes: Midland Circuit: Crown  |
| Minute Books                     |
| 1                                |
| ASSI 13                          |
|                                  |
| 1                                |
| Assizes: Midland Circuit:        |
| Criminal Depositions and Case    |
| Papers                           |
| ASSI 6                           |
|                                  |
| 1                                |
| Assizes: Oxford Circuit:         |
| Criminal Depositions and Case    |
| Papers                           |
| DPP 2                            |
|                                  |
| Director of Public Prosecutions: |
| Case Papers, New Series          |
| 11                               |
| FCO 7                            |
|                                  |
| 2                                |
| Foreign Office and Foreign and   |
| Commonwealth Office:             |
| American and Latin American      |
| Departments: Registered Files    |
| (A and AL Series)                |
| J 128                            |
|                                  |
| 1                                |
| Supreme Court of Judicature:     |
| Official Solicitor: Bail         |
| Applications                     |
| J 267                            |
|                                  |
| 1                                |
| Supreme Court of Judicature:     |
| Central Criminal Court Case      |
| Files                            |
| J 82                             |
|                                  |
| 2                                |
| Court of Criminal Appeal and     |
| Supreme Court of Judicature,     |
| Court of Appeal, Criminal        |
| Division: Case Papers            |
| Total                            |
|                                  |
| 21                               |
|                                  |
|                                  |

## Annex B - Partial Reclosure By Series

| Series Reference                               | Series Description    |
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
| 1                                              | AN 200                |
|                                                |                       |
| British Transport Commission and British       |                       |
| Railways Board: Financial Planning: Corporate  |                       |
| Planning: Records                              |                       |
| 2                                              | BN 107                |
|                                                |                       |
| Department of Health and Social Security:      |                       |
| Social Security Policy Group Division L: Child |                       |
| Benefit: Registered Files (CA Series)          |                       |
| 1                                              | BN 62                 |
|                                                |                       |
| Home Office and Department of Health and       |                       |
| Social Security: Approved Schools and          |                       |
| Remand and Voluntary Homes: Files (CHR         |                       |
| Symbol Series)                                 |                       |
| 1                                              | DPP 2                 |
|                                                |                       |
| Director of Public Prosecutions: Case Papers,  |                       |
| New Series                                     |                       |
| 1                                              | FCO 158               |
|                                                |                       |
| Foreign Office and Foreign and                 |                       |
| Commonwealth Office: Records relating to Guy   |                       |
| Burgess and Donald Maclean (known KGB          |                       |
| spies), and subsequent investigations and      |                       |
| security arrangements                          |                       |
| 1                                              | FCO 53                |
|                                                |                       |
| Foreign and Commonwealth Office and            |                       |
| predecessors: Nationality and Treaty           |                       |
| Departments: Registered Files (NN, NT, TY      |                       |
| and GN Series)                                 |                       |
| 1                                              | HO 360                |
|                                                |                       |
| Home Office and Department of Health and       |                       |
| Social Security: Approved Schools (AS Symbol   |                       |
| Series) Files                                  |                       |
| 1                                              | PIN 52                |
|                                                |                       |
| Ministry of National Insurance and successors: |                       |
| Maternity Benefits, Registered Files (MB       |                       |
| Series)                                        |                       |
| 5                                              | WO 305                |
|                                                |                       |
| War Office and Ministry of Defence: Army Unit  |                       |
| Historical Records and Reports                 |                       |
| Total                                          |                       |
|                                                |                       |
| 14                                             |                       |

 *please note all relevant reviews of available data for this report were carried out on 4 January 2017 and is therefore correct as of this time.