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Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and...
Catalogue reference: MAF 296
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MAF 296
Papers of the Cereals Deficiency Payments Unit. The series contains papers of advisory committees established under the Home Grown Cereals Deficiency Payments Scheme, and records cereal prices in this period.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MAF 296
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Home Grown Cereals Division and Cereals Division: Registered Files, Cereals Deficiency Payments, General (CDG Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1947-1992
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Description (What the record is about)
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Papers of the Cereals Deficiency Payments Unit. The series contains papers of advisory committees established under the Home Grown Cereals Deficiency Payments Scheme, and records cereal prices in this period.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Other papers relating to guarantees for cereal crops will be found in: MAF 38 MAF 84
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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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CDG file series
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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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- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Cereals Deficiency Payments Unit, 1955-1971
- Ministry of Food, Cereals Deficiency Payments Unit, 1954-1955
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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254 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1992 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
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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 Home Grown Cereals Deficiency Payments Scheme was designed to implement the Agriculture Act 1947, with regard to guaranteed prices and assured markets for cereal crops, and operated from 1954 to 1971. It came into force when the average market price realised by growers for a cereal crop fell below the standard price guaranteed by the government. The Scheme was introduced for the 1954 harvest under the auspices of the Ministry of Food. Provisions were made by an order under the Agriculture Act 1947 s4 for the period 1955-1956, and subsequently extended annually by order jointly of the three ministers concerned: the Minister of Agriculture, the Secretary of State for Scotland, and the Home Secretary (for the operation of the Scheme in Northern Ireland). The Cereals Deficiency Payments Unit administered deficiency payments to growers of wheat, rye, barley, oats and mixed corn during the life of the Home Grown Cereals Deficiency Payments Scheme
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10696/
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Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Home Grown Cereals Division and Cereals Division: Registered Files, Cereals Deficiency Payments, General (CDG Series)