Record revealed
Letter from a ‘destitute’ man to the Poor Law Commission
In this letter, Thomas Henshaw of Derbyshire complained of his treatment by local officials who denied him welfare despite his ‘most distressing’ situation.
Division
Central Records of the Unemployment Assistance Board and successors
Catalogue reference: Division within AST
What's it about?
Division within AST
Central records of the Unemployment Assistance Board, Assistance Board and National Assistance Board which also include some records of their successor body, the Supplementary Benefits Commission.Comprises annual reports, AST 30, monthly...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Division within AST
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Title (The name of the record)
- Central Records of the Unemployment Assistance Board and successors
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1912-1971
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Description (What the record is about)
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Central records of the Unemployment Assistance Board, Assistance Board and National Assistance Board which also include some records of their successor body, the Supplementary Benefits Commission.
Comprises annual reports, AST 30, monthly bulletins, AST 6, minutes, papers and reports, AST 12, codes of instructions and circulars, AST 13 and selected Minister's and Chairman's case files, AST 17
Surveys of the Organisation of Social Welfare Services are in AST 21
Records of the Departmental Whitley Council are in AST 22
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 7 series
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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
- Welfare
- Labour
- Official publications
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1218/
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