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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Emergency Services Divisions: Registered...

Catalogue reference: MAF 357

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MAF 357

Records of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food relating to provisions for emergency feeding outside London. Most selected files relate to the direction and financing of emergency feeding organisation under the Civil Defence (Emergency...

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Reference
MAF 357
Title
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Emergency Services Divisions: Registered Files, Emergency Feeding (EMF Series)
Date
1943-1974
Description

Records of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food relating to provisions for emergency feeding outside London. Most selected files relate to the direction and financing of emergency feeding organisation under the Civil Defence (Emergency Feeding) Regulations 1951 and Civil Defence (Grant) Regulations 1953, but the series includes one file on emergency feeding during the Aberfan disaster. Some files relate to civic restaurants.

Related material

Files dealing with emergency feeding in London are in the EML file series; see MAF 330

Separated material

Earlier files in the EMF series are in

MAF 99

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
EMF file series
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Defence, Emergencies and Crop Improvement Division, 1970-1974
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Emergency Services and Defence Division, 1964-1970
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Emergency Services Division, 1960-1964
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Emergency Services Division II, 1955-1960
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Miscellaneous and Manufactured Foods and Emergency Services II, 1957-1957
  • Ministry of Food, Emergency Meals, 1943-1973
Physical description
45 file(s)
Access conditions
Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition

From 1995 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Accumulation dates
1951 onwards
Accruals
Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background

The Civil Defence (Emergency Feeding) Regulations 1951, made under the Civil Defence Act 1948, placed on the councils of counties and county boroughs of England and Wales responsibility for making plans to feed members of the civil population who, as a result of hostile action, are unable to feed themselves. The Civil Defence (Grant) Regulations 1953 provided that approved expenditure by these authorities should be repaid in full.

The Civic Restaurants Act 1947 enabled local authorities to operate restaurants, under the financial supervision of the Minister of Food. Responsibility for civic restaurant work was moved in 1970 to General Food Policy Division II (EB series).

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10757/

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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Emergency Services Divisions: Registered Files, Emergency Feeding (EMF Series)