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Series
Department of Technical Co-operation and successors: Personnel Services: Registered...
Catalogue reference: OD 16
What's it about?
OD 16
This series contains records of the Personnel Services Executive relating to the administration of support for staff working on development projects overseas, including the Overseas Service Aid Scheme (OSAS), the British Expatriates...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- OD 16
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Technical Co-operation and successors: Personnel Services: Registered Files (SA Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1947-1978
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the Personnel Services Executive relating to the administration of support for staff working on development projects overseas, including the Overseas Service Aid Scheme (OSAS), the British Expatriates Supplementation Scheme (BESS) and the Overseas Service Pension Fund, and the administration of various pensions for which the overseas development departments were responsible.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Earlier files on these subjects can be found in CO 1017
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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)
- SA file 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)
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- Department of Technical Co-operation, Personnel Services Executive, 1961-1964
- Ministry of Overseas Development, Personnel Services Executive, 1964-1970
- Overseas Development Administration, Personnel Services Executive, 1970-1974
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 938 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 1990 Overseas Development Administration
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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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One responsibility of the Personnel Services Executive was to find placements for overseas civil servants who became unemployed when the colonies in which they worked gained independence.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11387/
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