Inter Departmental Archives Committee

The United Kingdom Inter-Departmental Archives Committee (IDAC) was set up in February 1996 as an essential co-ordinating mechanism within government for the handling of archive policy issues.

Composition

IDAC comprises the representatives from the following government bodies:

The National Archives: the Chief Executive (Keeper of Public Records) chairs IDAC on behalf of the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and Lord Chancellor
The National Archives of Scotland (NAS)
The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
Department of Communities and Local Government
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)
The Department for Education and Skills (DfES)
The Scottish Executive
The National Assembly for Wales
Cymal: Museums Archives and Libraries Wales

In addition, the following bodies outside government have been invited to serve as expert advisers:

The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA)
The National Council on Archives (NCA)
The British Library