Archives Copying Charges
Paper Copies | |
Black & white copies of original documents and printed books, per print. | A3 or A4 – 55p |
Black & white print-outs from stock microfilm, microfiche or aperture card, per print. | A4 – £1.05 (in person) A4 or A3 – £2.10 (remote order) |
Colour print-outs from digital images (scanned or photographed, on-demand or from stock), per print | A4 or A3 -£7.65 A2 – £8.75 A1 – £9.20 A0 – £10 |
Digital Images | |
Black & white digital images (up to A3, JPEG or PDF), per image | 50p |
Colour digital images (A4 to A0, TIF or JPG), per image | £4.85 |
Stock images (i.e. not on-demand) | £2.50 per 5 pages |
Proquest Parliamentary Papers found & produced as PDFs by staff for remote users | £5 per document |
Proquest Parliamentary Papers PDFs found & created as self-service download in searchroom | No charge |
Cost of sending digital images by email (one email per order; max 10MB) | No charge |
Cost of CD or DVD | 50p per disc |
Self-service digital photography in Archives searchroom (at discretion of searchroom supervisor; no flash may be used) | £7.50 per day |
Other | |
Copies of stock 35mm negative microfilm | £30 per reel |
Additional charge to cover the administrative costs of work requiring special attention. This charge will only be made after prior notification. | £25 per hour |
Copies certified by the Clerk of the Parliaments as a true copy of the original record | £30 per certificate |
Postage and packing (charged on all copying orders not emailed or collected in person); Media use (film, TV & radio); Licences for use of images in publications, on TV, websites, etc | Separate scales of charges available on request – contact archives@parliament.uk |
Minimum Charge | |
Copying orders received by letter, fax, e-mail or telephone | Minimum charge of £5 |
Payments
- Cheques and postal orders should be made payable to ‘House of Lords Account’. Cheques must be in sterling and drawn on a UK bank. They should be sent to: Parliamentary Archives, Houses of Parliament, London SW1A 0PW.
- Credit card payments can be accepted via e-mail. The transaction is carried out via PayPal. Please email archives@parliament.uk and explain you want to pay this way.
- BACS payments can be accepted. Please contact the Parliamentary Archives for details.
- Copies will not be sent without prior payment under any circumstances.
- Invoices may be issued where a customer requires one to make a payment, but copies will not be sent until the invoice has been paid.