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Hostage taking in prisons: drafting of policy
Catalogue reference: HO 391/85
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This record is about the Hostage taking in prisons: drafting of policy dating from 1974 Jan 01-1976 Dec 31 in the series Home Office: Prison Department: General (PDG Symbol Series) Files. It is held at Creating government department or its successor.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 391/85
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1974 Jan 01-1976 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Hostage taking in prisons: drafting of policy
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Creating government department or its successor
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- PDG 68 0001/0029/021
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- file(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Closed Or Retained Document, Open Description
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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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- Topics
- Prisons
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11014276/
Series information
HO 391
Home Office: Prison Department: General (PDG Symbol Series) Files
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Hostage taking in prisons: drafting of policy
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