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Ministry of Labour and successors: International Labour Division and Overseas Department:...
Catalogue reference: LAB 13
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LAB 13
Files of the International Labour Division and the Overseas Department dealing mainly with the International Labour Office (ILO), International Labour Conference, the Brussels Treaty Organisation, and the Organisation for European Economic...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- LAB 13
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Labour and successors: International Labour Division and Overseas Department: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1923-2005
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files of the International Labour Division and the Overseas Department dealing mainly with the International Labour Office (ILO), International Labour Conference, the Brussels Treaty Organisation, and the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC). The series also contains correspondence and reports from overseas labour attachés, papers relating to international trade union federations, and some files concerning labour migration to and from the United Kingdom.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department for Work and Pensions, 2001-2001
- Department of Health and Social Security, 1968-1988
- Department of Social Security, 1988-2001
- Ministry of Labour, 1916-1939
- Ministry of Labour, 1959-1968
- Ministry of Labour and National Service, 1939-1959
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 3406 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- 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 1965 Ministry of Labour
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10128/
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