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Series
Ministry of National Insurance and successors: Pensions, Registered files (P series)
Catalogue reference: PIN 46
What's it about?
PIN 46
This series contains files of the Ministry of National Insurance and successors dealing with the award and payment of retirement pensions and widow's benefits, including the policy and procedure of the department in relation to these benefits....
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 46
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of National Insurance and successors: Pensions, Registered files (P series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1937-2005
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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 dealing with the award and payment of retirement pensions and widow's benefits, including the policy and procedure of the department in relation to these benefits. The series contains some policy files concerning child allowance benefits for widows and retirees.
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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)
- P 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 for Work and Pensions, 2001-2001
- Department of Health and Social Security, Insurance Department A, 1968-1969
- Department of Health and Social Security, Insurance Department B, 1968-1969
- Department of Health and Social Security, Insurance Department C, 1968-1969
- Department of Health and Social Security, Insurance Department D, 1968-1969
- Department of Health and Social Security, Insurance Division A, 1969-1988
- Department of Health and Social Security, Insurance Division B, 1969-1988
- Department of Health and Social Security, Insurance Division C, 1969-1988
- Department of Health and Social Security, Insurance Division D, 1969-1975
- Department of Health and Social Security, Insurance Division K, 1969-1982
- Department of Health and Social Security, Insurance Division L, 1972-1981
- Department of Social Security, 1988-2001
- 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
- Ministry of Social Security, Insurance Department A, 1966-1968
- Ministry of Social Security, Insurance Department B, 1966-1968
- Ministry of Social Security, Insurance Department C, 1966-1969
- Ministry of Social Security, Insurance Department D, 1966-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1224 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 2008 Department for Work and Pensions
from 1978 Department of Health and Social Security
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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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Ministry of Health, 1937-1944; Ministry of National Insurance, 1944-1953; Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance 1953-1966; Department of Health and Social Security, 1968-1988; Department of Social Security 1988-2001; Department for Work and Pensions 2001-
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- This series meets TNA's Acquisition Policy theme 3.1.5 Formulation and delivery of social policies, including the implementation and interpretation of the benefits system
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
- The Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance (MPNI) was a British governmentministry responsible for the administration and delivery of welfare benefits.It was created in 1953.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11559/
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Ministry of National Insurance and successors: Pensions, Registered files (P series)
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