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The General Strike
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General Register Office, and Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, Establishment...
Catalogue reference: RG 55
What's it about?
RG 55
The files deal with general establishment matters including the departmental response to the Heyworth Committee on Social Studies and the Fulton Report on the Civil Service, staff appraisal policy, promotion, recruitment, superannuation, staff...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RG 55
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Title (The name of the record)
- General Register Office, and Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, Establishment Division: Registered Files (E Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1935-1994
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Description (What the record is about)
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The files deal with general establishment matters including the departmental response to the Heyworth Committee on Social Studies and the Fulton Report on the Civil Service, staff appraisal policy, promotion, recruitment, superannuation, staff inspection, accommodation at Southport and in London and the Departmental Whitley Council.
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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)
- E 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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- General Register Office, Establishment Division, 1836-1970
- Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, Establishment Division, 1970-1996
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 55 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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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)
- This series is accruing.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Establishment Division was responsible for common service matters relating to personnel, finance and accommodation.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13380/
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