Focus on
Bringing the Bethnal Green disaster to light
The government tried to keep the details of the Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster of 1943 private – but a court case brought the terrible story to light.
Series
Department of Transport: Records of the Highways Policy and Programmes Division:...
Catalogue reference: LM 15
What's it about?
LM 15
This series contains files relating to policy on the trunk road network, the national roads programme, and the formation of the Highways Agency
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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LM 15
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Transport: Records of the Highways Policy and Programmes Division: Registered Files (HPP Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1993-2000
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files relating to policy on the trunk road network, the national roads programme, and the formation of the Highways Agency
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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HPP
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 1997-2001
- Department of Transport, 1976-1997
- Department of Transport, 1995-2002
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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76 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2020 Department for Transport
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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Department of the Environment, Transport and the regions from 1998 to 2001; Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions from 2001 to 2002; Department for Transport from 2002.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Highways Policy and Programmes Division was established in 1995 with responsibility for policy on the trunk road network and the national roads programme. In 1996 the Division was given sponsorship of the Highways Agency as well as financial oversight of the transport elements of the Government offices for the regions. In 1997 it was also given responsibility for post-inquiry decisions on roads schemes.
In 2000 the Division was absorbed into Roads Policy
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16983115/
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Department of Transport: Records of the Highways Policy and Programmes Division: Registered Files (HPP Series)
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