Record revealed
Letter from a ‘destitute’ man to the Poor Law Commission
In this letter, Thomas Henshaw of Derbyshire complained of his treatment by local officials who denied him welfare despite his ‘most distressing’ situation.
Series
Ministry of National Insurance and successors: Pensions and Unemployment Insurance...
Catalogue reference: PIN 3
What's it about?
PIN 3
This series contains bound volumes and files of working papers, correspondence, confidential print, parliamentary amendments, draft bills and memoranda of the Local Government Board, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Labour, and the...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PIN 3
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of National Insurance and successors: Pensions and Unemployment Insurance Acts, Bill Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1907-1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains bound volumes and files of working papers, correspondence, confidential print, parliamentary amendments, draft bills and memoranda of the Local Government Board, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Labour, and the Ministry of National Insurance.
The papers relate to proposed legislation on old age pensions, contributory pensions, health insurance, unemployment insurance and assistance, poor law services, family allowances, national insurance and, after 1945, workmen's compensation and industrial injuries and diseases.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For further Ministry of Health bill papers see MH 80
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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- Ministry of National Insurance, 1944-1953
- Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, 1953-1966
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 133 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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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 not accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11516/
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