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Series
Ministry of Pensions: War Pensions Committee, Registered Files (WPM Series)
Catalogue reference: PIN 56
What's it about?
PIN 56
This series contains general files of correspondence and papers relating to the organisation and administration of War Pensions Committees.The series was opened in 1963 after war pension policy material had moved to London.
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 56
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Pensions: War Pensions Committee, Registered Files (WPM Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1915-1977
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains general files of correspondence and papers relating to the organisation and administration of War Pensions Committees.
The series was opened in 1963 after war pension policy material had moved to London.
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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)
- WPM 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 of Health and Social Security, 1968-1988
- Department of Health and Social Security, War Pensions and Industrial Injuries Division, 1971-1973
- Department of Health and Social Security, War Pensions Department, 1968-1971
- Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, War Pensions Branch, 1953-1966
- Ministry of Pensions, Awards Division, 1917-1944
- Ministry of Pensions, Awards Division, 1951-1952
- Ministry of Pensions, Awards Division (Blackpool), 1949-1951
- Ministry of Pensions, General Administration Division, 1917-1944
- Ministry of Pensions, General Division, 1944-1949
- Ministry of Pensions, Great War, Civilian and Mercantile Awards Division, 1944-1949
- Ministry of Pensions, New Services Awards Division, 1944-1949
- Ministry of Pensions, Pensions Division, Awards, 1952-1953
- Ministry of Pensions, Pensions Policy and General Division, 1949-1953
- Ministry of Pensions, Rehabilitation and Welfare and London Awards Division, 1949-1951
- Ministry of Social Security, War Pensions Department, 1966-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 44 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1982 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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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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War Pensions Committees were local committees appointed by the Minister of Pensions and consisted of representatives of disabled ex-servicemen, women dependants or widows of such men, local authorities, employers and workmen engaged in industry, and voluntary associations providing services for ex-servicemen and their families within the area.
The functions of the committees were to make recommendation to the minister as to the administration of pensions, to receive reports from officers as to the date and progress of applications, to hear and consider complaints by pensioners or claimants, to enquire into any matter referred to these by the minister or the Special Grants Committee, to make arrangements for the distribution of any supplementary grants and to consider applications for grants from such departments, bodies or organisations as the minister might specify.
They also undertook the care of children for whom special provision was needed and they were required to take steps to secure the assistance and co-operation of voluntary workers in their work.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11569/
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