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Series
Home Office and Ministry of National Insurance and successors: Workmens' Compensation,...
Catalogue reference: PIN 12
What's it about?
PIN 12
This series contains files of correspondence of the Home Office, the Ministry of National Insurance and the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance relating to various workmen's compensation schemes, industrial diseases and injuries,...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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PIN 12
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office and Ministry of National Insurance and successors: Workmens' Compensation, Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1900-1979
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files of correspondence of the Home Office, the Ministry of National Insurance and the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance relating to various workmen's compensation schemes, industrial diseases and injuries, appointment and fees of medical referees, and reports on various industries.
Included in this series are papers relating to the Silicosis Medical Board, the Royal Commission on Workmen's Compensation, 1938 to 1944, the Alternative Remedies (Contributory Negligence) Committee, 1944 to 1945, and various committees on workmen's compensation (including the 1936 Stewart Committee) and related subjects.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Other Home Office correspondence on workmen's compensation is in HO 157
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department of Health and Social Security, 1968-1988
- Home Office, 1782-1782
- Ministry of National Insurance, 1944-1953
- Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, 1953-1966
- Ministry of Social Security, 1966-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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148 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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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- Topics
- Pay and pensions
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is not accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11525/
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Home Office and Ministry of National Insurance and successors: Workmens' Compensation, Correspondence and Papers
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