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Series
Ministry of National Insurance and successors: Registered Files (H Series)
Catalogue reference: PIN 32
What's it about?
PIN 32
This series contains files of the Ministry of National Insurance and successors relating to some of the problems arising out of the implementations of the provisions of the National Insurance Act 1946 and the National Insurance (Industrial...
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 32
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of National Insurance and successors: Registered Files (H Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1935-1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files of the Ministry of National Insurance and successors relating to some of the problems arising out of the implementations of the provisions of the National Insurance Act 1946 and the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1946.
The series includes the arrangements which had to be made for the transfer in stages of approved societies' records and the payment of benefit to their members.
As well, there are two files relating to the possibility of granting retirement pensions to single women at the age of fifty-five years, and two files relating to medical certification.
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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)
- H 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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- Ministry of Health, 1919-1968
- Ministry of National Insurance, Administrative Divisions, 1944-1948
- Ministry of National Insurance, Insurance Department A, 1948-1953
- Ministry of National Insurance, Insurance Department B, 1948-1953
- Ministry of National Insurance, Insurance Department C, 1948-1953
- Ministry of National Insurance, Insurance Department D, 1949-1953
- Ministry of National Insurance, Unemployment Insurance Division, 1944-1948
- Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, Insurance Department A, 1953-1966
- Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, Insurance Department B, 1953-1966
- Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, Insurance Department C, 1953-1966
- Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, Insurance Department D, 1965-1966
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 56 file(s)
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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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- Topics
- Pay and pensions
- Sex and gender
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not 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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There were considerable alterations in the conditions for and rates of payments of widows, orphans and old age contributory pensions and the National Assistance Board were actively concerned with the Ministry of National Insurance on these and other matters.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11545/
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