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Treasury: Establishment Departmental Division: Registered Files (ED and 2ED Series)

Catalogue reference: T 214

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T 214

Files of the Establishment Departmental (ED) Division. The files relate to matters concerning the organisation, pay, conditions of service, complements, and staff grading of most government departments and some quangos; the National Health...

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Reference

T 214

Title
Treasury: Establishment Departmental Division: Registered Files (ED and 2ED Series)
Date

1892-1965

Description

Files of the Establishment Departmental (ED) Division. The files relate to matters concerning the organisation, pay, conditions of service, complements, and staff grading of most government departments and some quangos; the National Health Service; new town development corporations; museums and galleries; and other public bodies.

Also includes some files of the earlier E (Establishments) file series (T 162), which were re-registered in the ED series in 1948.

Arrangement
Arrangement

Chronological within original subject classification (see Treasury Registration Systems)

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

ED and 2ED file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Treasury, Establishment Departmental Division, 1938-1962
Physical description

1386 file(s)

Access conditions

Open unless otherwise stated

Immediate source of acquisition

From 1975 Treasury

Accumulation dates

1948 to 1965

Accruals

Series is accruing

Administrative / biographical background

The Establishment Departmental (ED) Division was set up in April 1938 and continued until the Treasury reorganisation of 1962 when ED Division was abolished, its work being divided between other divisions: pay and conditions of service went to the Civil Pay (CP) Division; complementing went to the Establishments Complementing (EC) Division.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13951/

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Treasury: Establishment Departmental Division: Registered Files (ED and 2ED Series)