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Series
Ministry of Transport and successors, General Division: Registered Files
Catalogue reference: MT 96
What's it about?
MT 96
This series includes files concerning establishment, parliamentary and general matters relating to public transport undertakings, including appointments, compensation regulations, pensions and superannuation. Other files relate to both private...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MT 96
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Transport and successors, General Division: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1920-1975
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series includes files concerning establishment, parliamentary and general matters relating to public transport undertakings, including appointments, compensation regulations, pensions and superannuation. Other files relate to both private and public bills with an impact on transport issues and publicity for departmental policy.
The series contains some files from the RDD series (otherwise in MT 155) and from the LP series (otherwise in MT 135).
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Some of the G registered file series are to be found in
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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)
- G and GD Series
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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)
- 257 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1981 Department of Transport
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- 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 General Division of the Ministry of Transport was founded in 1950. Its work was divided into three categories: establishment matters, other than staffing; general work concerning more than one division; and parliamentary matters.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11145/
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