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Series
Ministry of Fuel and Power and Successor:Registered Files: Coal Division (B Series)
Catalogue reference: POWE 37
What's it about?
POWE 37
B series of files dealing with coal after the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act of 1946 (9 &10 Geo 6.c.59). This series covers a wide variety of topics including policy on productivity, coal prices, government investments, emergency measures...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- POWE 37
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Fuel and Power and Successor:Registered Files: Coal Division (B Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1943-1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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B series of files dealing with coal after the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act of 1946 (9 &10 Geo 6.c.59). This series covers a wide variety of topics including policy on productivity, coal prices, government investments, emergency measures and a wide variety of labour questions concerning compensation, pensions and supplementary injury benefits. The creation and staffing of the National Coal Board is also covered, together with its relations with other departments and files on related legislation affecting its organization and work.
This series contains RL files otherwise kept in POWE 55
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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)
- B 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 Fuel and Power, Coal Division, 1942-1957
- Ministry of Power, Coal Division, 1957-1969
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 628 files and flat sheets
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11853/
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