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Ministry of Health and Ministry of Housing and Local Government: London Hostels Association...
Catalogue reference: T 289
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T 289
MH and MHLG files on the control of the London Hostels Association (LHA) as they were inherited by the Treasury.Papers of the controlling ministries - Health and then Housing and Local Government (not the association's own internal papers). They...
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T 289
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Health and Ministry of Housing and Local Government: London Hostels Association Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1940-1960
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Description (What the record is about)
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MH and MHLG files on the control of the London Hostels Association (LHA) as they were inherited by the Treasury.
Papers of the controlling ministries - Health and then Housing and Local Government (not the association's own internal papers). They are in the form inherited by the Treasury.
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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 Health, London Hostels Association, 1940-1951
- Ministry of Housing and Local Government, London Hostels Association, 1951-1956
- Treasury, 1667-1667
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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28 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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 London Hostels Association (LHA) was set up in 1940, and registered under the Companies Act 1929 as a Company Limited by guarantee, and not having a share capital. Control was exercised by an independent Council of Management, with funds provided, initially, by the Ministry of Health.
The original purpose of the LHA was to provide accommodation in London for people made homeless by the war, with the basic consideration that the person must, in the national interest, be accommodated near his or her existing work. This consideration led to priority being given to civil servants (particularly those under 23 years of age).
Control passed from the Ministry of Health to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government in 1951, and then to the Treasury in 1956.
In the Treasury, responsibility on this matter rested with Establishments (General) Division.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14026/
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Ministry of Health and Ministry of Housing and Local Government: London Hostels Association Papers