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Ministry of Supply and successors: Central Priority Department: Correspondence, Papers...
Catalogue reference: T 246
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T 246
Correspondence, papers and minutes of the Central Priority Department of the Ministry of Supply and successor organisations
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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T 246
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Supply and successors: Central Priority Department: Correspondence, Papers and Minutes
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Date (When the record was created)
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1934-1946
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Description (What the record is about)
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Correspondence, papers and minutes of the Central Priority Department of the Ministry of Supply and successor organisations
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For further files of the Central Priority Department see AVIA 22
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Ministry of Production, 1942-1945
- Ministry of Supply, Central Priority Department, 1939-1941
- War Cabinet Production Executive, Industrial Capacity Committee, 1941-1942
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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153 file(s)
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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 Central Priority Department was set up in 1939 in the Ministry of Supply in order to execute the decisions of the Ministerial Priority Committee and its sub-committees. In practice it found itself more concerned with allocation of raw materials, than priority
In 1941 it was combined with the secretariat of the Industrial Capacity Committee within the Production Executive. Its function was to allocate materials, capacity and labour and to establish priorities where necessary. It was absorbed by the Ministry of Production in 1942.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13983/
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Ministry of Supply and successors: Central Priority Department: Correspondence, Papers and Minutes