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The Disclosure Dartboard

Institutions and their escalation ladders

A working handbook to every public body, archive and company in the record of Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr): what each one is, which access regimes apply, its ladder of escalation steps with legal basis, time limits and costs, and what has been asked and answered so far, with references.

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What kind of material it is

Institutions

47 bodies, from HM Land Registry and the courts to archives, utilities, BP and the Bute collections, each with its own chapter.

Ladders

Every escalation step with its legal basis and source, time limit, cost (paid routes marked PAID) and status: done, pending or open.

Record

What has been asked and answered so far, with references, plus the fees and paywalls met and how the replies measure up.

What’s inside

Five parts: the board, the rungs, 32 institutions, 15 bodies added on 20 October 2026, and four appendices. Page numbers as printed.

Part I · The dartboard 6

The board and its slices9
The record in numbers12
All ladders at a glance14
Legal points that change the ladders17
Strongest unused routes19
Overdue and notable items21

Part II · The rungs 2

The ladder in order24
Rung reference27

Part III · The institutions 32

1. HM Land Registry41
2. Vale of Glamorgan Council55
3. Llandough Community Council72
4. Welsh Government / Cadw84
5. Ministry of Justice / HMCTS (courts)110
6. South Wales Police121
7. Crown Prosecution Service130
8. The National Archives136
9. Glamorgan Archives149
10. Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales162
11. National Library of Wales174
12. RCAHMW (Royal Commission)184
13. Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water192
14. Heneb (formerly GGAT)200
15. Historic Environment Record (Glamorgan-Gwent HER)221
16. BP227
17. Persimmon Homes234
18. Ministry of Defence239
19. Counter Terrorism Policing (NaCTSO)248
20. Wales Office255
21. Northern Ireland Office263
22. Prime Minister's Office / Cabinet Office269
23. Ordnance Survey276
24. Cardiff and Vale University Health Board283
25. Coroner's Service (RCT Council)288
26. Cardiff / Vale Register Office291
27. Transport for Wales295
28. ITV Archive299
29. Linklaters303
30. Cotswold Archaeology307
31. The Postal Museum312
32. MPs, Senedd & watchdogs315

Part IV · Bodies added on 20 October 2026 15

Government Legal Department – Bona Vacantia324
Historic England331
Local Government Association338
Welsh Local Government Association342
Natural Resources Wales346
Lambeth Palace Library / Church of England Record Centre353
BT Group Archives (incl. Openreach)356
Defra (Ministry of Agriculture records)359
Audit Wales (Auditor General for Wales)365
Valuation Office Agency371
Blake Morgan (successor to Blake Lapthorn)377
Mount Stuart (Bute collections)380
Archaeology Data Service (University of York)383
Hugh James (successor to John Loosemore & Co.)387
Bodleian Libraries (University of Oxford)390

Part V · Appendices 4

A. Fees and paywalls met394
B. How the replies measure up397
C. Method and sources401
D. Index of references402

Sample pages

Sample page 14: All ladders at a glance — p. 14 · All ladders at a glance

Sample page 41: HM Land Registry — p. 41 · HM Land Registry

Sample page 87: An institution’s ladder — p. 87 · An institution’s ladder

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What’s new in v0.0.2

Version 1.0.2 corrects the fees appendix and the introduction to the bodies added on 20 October. The first edition covers 47 institutions and 474 rungs, each with its legal basis, time limit, cost (PAID steps flagged) and status; one chapter per institution with the record of requests and replies; the strongest unused free routes; a rung-by-rung legal reference; and an index of official references.

Compiled from dartboard.bucklerfamily.estate, where the record continues to grow.

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