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Catalogue reference: PIN 8

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PIN 8

The first part of this series contains correspondence and papers of the central staff of the Cabinet Committee on Reconstruction under the Paymaster General including records of delegations received by Sir William Jowitt. The papers relate to the...

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Reference
PIN 8
Title
Ministry of National Insurance and predecessors: Committee on Social Insurance and Allied Services Committee (Beveridge Committee), correspondence, papers and registered files (NI 99 series)
Date
1939-1946
Description

The first part of this series contains correspondence and papers of the central staff of the Cabinet Committee on Reconstruction under the Paymaster General including records of delegations received by Sir William Jowitt. The papers relate to the consideration and planning of administrative machinery to implement the Beveridge Report.

The second part of the series contains 100,000 series files (otherwise in MH 79 and PIN 19) of the Ministry of Health later transferred to the Ministry of National Insurance, and subsequently re-registered in a NI 99 series. These were re-registered in C (Chairman of Court of Referees) and DI (Disclosure of Information) and put into this series. They include papers reflecting both the direct responsibility of the department in the field of social insurance and allied services and departmental representation on the Committee on Social Insurance and Allied Services Committee (Beveridge Committee), the Phillips Committee and the central staff.

Includes minutes, circulated papers and the report of the Phillips Committee.

Related material

For other committee papers and correspondence see

For files also registered in the 100,000 series see: HLG 30 HLG 68

Beveridge Committee minutes and memoranda are in

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
NI 99 file series
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • Ministry of Health, 1919-1968
  • Ministry of National Insurance, 1944-1953
  • War Cabinet, Committee on Reconstruction Problems, Central Staff, 1941-1943
Physical description
167 file(s)
Access conditions
Subject to 30 year closure
Subjects
Topics
Government finances
Accruals
Series is not accruing.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11521/

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