Record#
This material now lives at https://fcg.bucklerfamily.estate/case/dcms-forensic-institutional-review.
Page ID: 3104 · Title: Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) — Forensic Assessment · Evidence status: Not yet labelled — see the Editing Protocol · Version: 1.0.0 · Editing Protocol
Assessed 14 October 2026. Scope: modern records-access involvement only. DCMS appears in the record as a respondent to the family’s information request about furniture, furnishings, heirlooms and other movable property. No historical role at the farm is asserted. Inclusion is not a finding of fault.
Documented appearances#
Date |
Appearance |
Source |
|---|---|---|
22 July 2026 |
FOI2026/06174: DCMS reports that no information is held. The family replied the same day that it was surprised. |
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19 August 2026 |
Internal review IR2026/06711 upholds the nil return. |
Current finding#
As at 14 October 2026, the material reviewed does not establish wrongdoing by DCMS. A nil return is a statement about what the department holds on the question asked. It does not show that no relevant record ever existed elsewhere, and it is not a finding about the 1988 events.
Forensic control test and next step#
Check the exact scope of each request and the search described in each response against the museum-side responses (Amgueddfa Cymru, National Library of Wales). Acceptance: the question of who holds, or held, the movable property is routed to a named custodian or closed with a dated result.