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Home Office: Statistical Department (SD Symbol Series) Files

Catalogue reference: HO 496

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HO 496

The Statistical Department files relate to both policy and operational research and include a variety of subjects according to operational needs e.g. research on drugs and the misuse of drugs, minutes of the Criminal Statistics Committee, race...

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Reference
HO 496
Title

Home Office: Statistical Department (SD Symbol Series) Files

Date
1973-1998
Description

The Statistical Department files relate to both policy and operational research and include a variety of subjects according to operational needs e.g. research on drugs and the misuse of drugs, minutes of the Criminal Statistics Committee, race relations and immigration statistics, prison population forecasts, investigations into overstaying by entrants to the UK and the revision of procedures relevant to prison offences and punishment.

Arrangement
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
SD Symbol Series
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • Home Office, 1782-1782
  • Home Office, Statistical Department, 1974-1989
Physical description
139 file(s)
Access conditions
Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition

From 2014 Home Office

Subjects
Topics
Migration
Race relations
Prisons
Accruals
Series is accruing
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12726526/

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