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Ministry of Transport and successors, Highways Policy Division: Registered Files:
Catalogue reference: MT 104
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MT 104
This series was opened by the Highways Policy Division of the Ministry of Transport in 1965 and incorporates files from earlier series. The files deal mainly with rules governing the issue of grants to Highway Authorities for the construction and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MT 104
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Transport and successors, Highways Policy Division: Registered Files:
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1924-1984
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series was opened by the Highways Policy Division of the Ministry of Transport in 1965 and incorporates files from earlier series. The files deal mainly with rules governing the issue of grants to Highway Authorities for the construction and improvement of classified roads and bridges. Some files in the series also relate to classified roads policy and administration, including road tolls, route classification, maintenance and minor improvements.
The Division's files were registered under the prefix HPA and included re-registered files from the HB, HC, HN and UPC series.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Following the absorption of the Ministry of Transport into the new Department of the Environment in 1970, the Highways Policy Division was dissolved and HPA files re-registered under the prefixes CL, HMA and URPB.
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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)
- HPA 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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Ministry of Transport, Highways Policy Division, 1965-1970
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 427 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1975 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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Highways Policy Division, created in 1965, was responsible for policy covering the issue and conditions of grants to Highway Authorities for the construction, maintenance and improvement of classified roads and bridges under the Highways Act 1959 and in London under the Development and Road Improvement Funds Act 1909 (and subsequent amendments). It also dealt with general matters relating to classified roads and was responsible for route classification together with valuation of land for grant, rehousing questions arising from classified road schemes and planning blight policy on classified roads.
On trunk roads the division was responsible for the maintenance and minor improvement programme, and for policy on winter maintenance, street lighting and various other matters. The division was also responsible for departmental policy on national parks and access to the countryside.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11153/
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