Series
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Economic Policy Division II and successors:...
Catalogue reference: MAF 366
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MAF 366
The series deals with agricultural and horticultural credit and taxation, particularly Selective Employment Tax (SET). Subjects include provision of credit for farmers through the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (established by the Agricultural...
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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MAF 366
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Economic Policy Division II and successors: Registered Files, Taxation, Credits and Loans (AN Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1932-1977
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Description (What the record is about)
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The series deals with agricultural and horticultural credit and taxation, particularly Selective Employment Tax (SET). Subjects include provision of credit for farmers through the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (established by the Agricultural Credits Act 1928), the Agricultural Credit Corporation (set up by the NFU) and the Agricultural Finance Federation; loans to assist amalgamations and boundary adjustments under the Agriculture Act 1967 section 28; and refunds under the Selective Employment Payments Act 1966.
Many early files have pre-1966 papers annexed from the EF (economics of farming) series: MAF 283
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
MAF 366 is arranged in former reference order within these accessions: pieces 1-113; 114.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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There are some early files (1922-1934) on agricultural credit in MAF 34
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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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AN file series
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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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- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Agricultural and Horticultural Co-operation Division, 1968-1969
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Co-operation and Labour Division, 1969-1972
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Economic Policy Division II, 1965-1968
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Economic Policy Division IV, 1966-1968
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, General Agricultural Policy II Division, 1968-1977
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Livestock Improvement, Forestry and Labour Division, 1971-1974
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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116 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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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The series was first used by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Economic Policy Division II, 1966-1968, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Agricultural and Horticultural Co-operation Division, 1968-1969, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Co-operation and Labour Division, 1969-1972, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Livestock Improvement, Forestry and Labour Division, 1971-, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Economic Policy Division IV, 1967-1968, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, General Agricultural Policy Division II, 1968-1977.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1966 to 1986
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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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Selective Employment Tax was introduced by the Finance Act 1966, and abolished (from April 1973) by the Finance Act 1972. The Selective Employment Payments Act allowed refunds to employers engaged in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, fishing, etc.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10766/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: MAF
Records created or inherited by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments,...
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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Economic Policy Division II and successors: Registered Files, Taxation, Credits and Loans (AN Series)