Records of the Directorate of Post Office Services

Division within CM

1951-1986

Records of the Property Services Agency, Directorate of Post Office Services concerning all building and maintenance aspects relating to post offices and similar establishments.

CM 22 and CM 50 in this division both contain registered files.

For the parent directorate after 1981, see the

Public Record(s)

English

• Department of the Environment, 1970-1997
• Ministry of Public Building and Works, 1962-1970
• Ministry of Works, 1943-1962
• Property Services Agency, Directorate of Civil Accommodation, British Telecom Services Division, 1981-1990
• Property Services Agency, Directorate of Home Estate Management, 1972-1976
• Property Services Agency, Directorate of Post Office Services, 1974-1981

2 series

Property Holdings, PSA Services , in 1993

Topics

Construction industries

Communications

Prior to 1972 work for the Post Office was carried out under the direction of the Contracts Directorate, Directorate of Works, Directorate of Maintenance Services and other headquarters divisions of the Department of the Environment and its predecessors, although most of the operational aspects were handled at regional level.

The Directorate of Post Office Services (DPOS) was formed in 1974, taking over responsibility from the Post Office Group of the Directorate of Home Estate Management for the overall management of the Post Office new building and maintenance programmes. This embraced control of national programmes, co-ordination of estimates, policy and standard procedures and general supervision of the management information and accounting services. It also provided for Post Office Headquarters a works advisory service and undertook development projects. DPOS worked closely with the Directorate of Home Regional Services (DHRS) and the United Kingdom Territorial Organisation (UKTO); on average, 40% of UKTO's annual work was concerned with Post Office buildings and maintenance.

In 1981 the Directorate was renamed the British Telecom Services Division and became part of the Directorate of Civil Accommodation (DCA). Disengagement form British Telecom works and estates services began in January 1985 and withdrawal was completed in November 1986.