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Export Credits Guarantee Department: Departmental Status Reviews: Papers (SEC and...
Catalogue reference: ECG 14
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ECG 14
This series comprises papers regarding departmental status reviews of the Export Credit Guarantee Department: ECGD (SEC and SR prefix files). Series SEC was generally used for material emanating from any type of review of the department. Later...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ECG 14
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Title (The name of the record)
- Export Credits Guarantee Department: Departmental Status Reviews: Papers (SEC and SR prefix)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 2002-2003
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises papers regarding departmental status reviews of the Export Credit Guarantee Department: ECGD (SEC and SR prefix files).
Series SEC was generally used for material emanating from any type of review of the department. Later reviews, in particular the Mission and Status Review, changed the Series reference to SR.
Files contained include the review by Sir Peter Matthews on the structure, functions and status of ECGD.
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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)
- SEC and SR
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Records unless otherwise stated
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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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- Export Credits Guarantee Department, Chief Executive's Division, 1989-1995
- Export Credits Guarantee Department, Project Group, Project Underwriting Divisions and Business Group, 1986-2011
- Export Credits Guarantee Department, Secretariat Division, 1974-1988
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 84 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2015 Export Credits Guarantee Department
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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
- Trade and commerce
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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)
- OSP 49 - Records reflecting the creation/development of key departmental function/structure
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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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Secretariat Division served the Chief Executive Office, and was involved in research, development and co-ordination of departmental policy. The division also provided / produced the minutes of Export Guarantees Advisory Council EGAC and handled publicity and public relations.
Departmental Status Reviews:
In 1984, Sir Peter Matthews was appointed to advise the Minister for Trade on the structure, functions and status of ECGD. Following his review, his report recommended that ECGD should be reconstituted as Statutory Corporation but this was not accepted by the Government.
A further internal study conducted by Mr Fred Chapman (no surviving files available).
In 1988 a review commissioned by the Secretary Department of Trade and Industry and led by Mr Robert Kemp and published in 1989 led to fundamental changes, and the privatisation of the Insurance Services Group followed as a consequence in 1991.
In 1999 the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry commissioned a fundamental review of ECGD's mission and status; the aim was to ensure ECGD was fit and ready for the next Millennium and it looked at objectives, role and status. It was published in 2000, the conclusion of which transformed the operation of ECGD.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13508305/
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Export Credits Guarantee Department: Departmental Status Reviews: Papers (SEC and SR prefix)
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