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Home Office: Police Matters (PW Symbol Series) Files
Catalogue reference: HO 500
What's it about?
HO 500
This file series covers some Private Office areas related to parliamentary questions on police matters including complaints, powers and procedures, race relations and deaths in custody. The series also covers police disciplinary correspondence,...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 500
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Title (The name of the record)
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Home Office: Police Matters (PW Symbol Series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1991-2000
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Description (What the record is about)
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This file series covers some Private Office areas related to parliamentary questions on police matters including complaints, powers and procedures, race relations and deaths in custody. The series also covers police disciplinary correspondence, police complaints, a large section on football disorder and football related policies including material on the Hillsborough Disaster. In addition, matters related to stop and search, warrants, interviewing, the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) codes of practice, custody and European Court of Human Rights applications and powers of entry. Other areas included relate to general policing concerns such as rough sleepers, missing persons, prostitution, sex offences and community policing especially related to ethnic minorities.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Pieces 1-75 will be transferred at a later date.
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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)
- PW Symbol 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)
- Home Office, 1782-1782
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 166 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2023 Home Office
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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 accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- These papers contain principal policy papers which led to primary or subordinate legislation in which the Home Office took the lead. Papers created during the formulation and implementation or interpretation of major policies, showing where there have been significant changes in policy, and the interaction between the department and other areas of public and private life will be selected. Records of events which give rise to significant contemporary interest or controversy, including the Hillsborough Disaster, will also be selected.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13378689/
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Home Office: Police Matters (PW Symbol Series) Files
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