Annual Report and
Accounts 2011-12
Oliver Morley
12 July 2012
The National Archives in 2011-12
• Maintained quality
• Reached new audiences
Context:
39.1
36.1
• Enhanced user engagement
34.5
32.9
31.7
• Planned for the future record
• Promoted openness
• Took on new responsibilities
• Increased our sustainability
Ambitious, but pragmatic
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
Total departmental expenditure allocation (£m)
Maintaining quality in tough times
Documents supplied on site
Original documents delivered to on
site users within one hour
603,079
603,750
97.5%
97.7%
2010-11
2011-12
2010-11
2011-12
Documents supplied online,
directly and through LIAs
131,888,111
126,889,792
FoI, DPA and EIR enquiries
responded to within statutory
deadlines
97.3%
99.3%
Customer satisfaction on site
92%
94%
2010-11
2011-12
…and:
£2.5m lower spend than in
2010-11
Sickness absence rate lower
than private sector average
2010-11
4
2011-12
2010-11
2011-12
High performer on Civil
Service staff survey
Funding and Income £000
38,289
37,367
2010-11
7,141
2011-12
7,408
2,149
Government funding*
Fees and charges to external customers
*Resource Departmental Expenditure Limits
934
Fees and charges to other government
departments
Operating expenditure £000
41,755
39,909
2010-11
2011-12
21,234
19,983
11,201
12,200
9,320
7,726
Total operating expenditure
Public access
Preservation and protection
Government information
management
Staff – full time equivalents
656
676
598
607
645
585
581
614
590
581
585
581
Total
Payroll staff
Agency staff
Specialist contractors
62
17
0
2009-10
0
2010-11
9
8
2011-12
11
0
0
2012-13 Plan
0
0
2013-14 Plan
0
2014-15 Plan
What we do
Collection
Preservation
Access
8
Collecting and securing the future of the record
Securing the
government
record
Planning for the 20-year rule
Delivering training in information security
Archiving the websites of the UK Government
and local government
Leading the
wider archives
sector
Sole leader for the sector in England from 2011
Supporting ‘Opening Up Archives’
Administering the National Cataloguing Grants
Programme for Archives
Updating the Manorial Documents Register
Working for
the record of
London 2012
Selecting the Government Olympic record
Advising groups contributing to London 2012
Working with central Olympic organisations
Preserving the record for generations to come
Preserving
the record
Caring for our collection
Collaborating on a new BSI specification
Engaging in cutting-edge research
Developing our digital capacity
Investing in our
infrastructure
Installing free cooling in our server room
Replacing our humidification plant
Repairing our glazed roof
Supporting our
people
Providing development opportunities for staff
Achieving 68% on Civil Service staff survey
Involving and engaging with our staff
Involving our
users
Establishing a new, strategic User Advisory Group
Opening up the User Forum
Providing opportunities for volunteers e.g. WO 95
Making the record as accessible and available
as possible
Delivering
and opening
up the record
Raising
awareness of
the record
Producing 600,000+ documents: 97.7% within one
hour
Responding to 83,000 calls and written enquiries
Putting more digitised records online
Winning £879k in grants for research projects
Launching Discovery
Adding 1.2m+ new/improved record descriptions
15,434 school students – approx 50% increase
Online exhibitions and podcasts
Blog, Archives Media Player and social media
Enabling the re-use Open Government Licence – increased take-up
in the UK and worldwide
of public-sector
Legislation.gov.uk – award winning innovation
information
Sustainability
Performance summary 2011-12
Area
Greenhouse gas emissions – energy, fugitive emissions and business
travel: tonnes CO2e
2011-12
2010-11
6,110
6,919
Energy consumption: MWh
13,987
16,332
Operational waste: tonnes
139.3
174.9
24,955
31,750
Water consumption: cubic metres
Also:
Display Energy Certificate rating improved from E to D (following improvement
from G to E in 2010-11)
48.2% less paper purchased during 2011-12
14% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from buildings energy use
Monitoring and reporting on carbon emissions relating to our supply chain
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