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Ministry of Labour and National Service and successors: Welfare Department

Catalogue reference: LAB 26

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LAB 26

Files relating to general welfare matters, covering a variety of subjects including accommodation (particularly for immigrant post war refugees and other foreign nationals), the recruitment of foreigners to work in Britain, hostels, housing...

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LAB 26

Title
Ministry of Labour and National Service and successors: Welfare Department
Date

1940-1956

Description

Files relating to general welfare matters, covering a variety of subjects including accommodation (particularly for immigrant post war refugees and other foreign nationals), the recruitment of foreigners to work in Britain, hostels, housing estates for Polish workers, clubs and other recreational centres, entertainment, women war workers, holidays during wartime and staggered holidays. The series also contains minutes of meetings of the Seamen's Welfare Board, 1940 to 1944, files concerning the Committee on Seamen's Welfare in Ports (the Graham White Committee), and a series of monthly reports from the regional welfare officers.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

298 file(s)

Subjects
Topics
Refugees
Welfare
Labour
Housing
Nationality
Sex and gender
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Series is not accruing.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10141/

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