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Treasury: Civil Pay Division 4: Registered Files (2 CP(4) Series)

Catalogue reference: T 324

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T 324

These files relate mainly to pay and conditions of Government industrial grades, and to work by the Civil Service Pay Research Unit.

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Reference

T 324

Title
Treasury: Civil Pay Division 4: Registered Files (2 CP(4) Series)
Date

1960-1968

Description

These files relate mainly to pay and conditions of Government industrial grades, and to work by the Civil Service Pay Research Unit.

Related material

Later files on public sector allowances are in BA 20

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

2 CP(4) File series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Treasury, Civil Pay Division 4, 1962-1968
Physical description

78 file(s)

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure

Administrative / biographical background

The civil pay divisions were constituted in the major Treasury re-organisation of 1962.

The Civil Pay Group consisted of four divisions CP(1); CP(2); CP(3) - this division was concerned with the pay of members of certain public services who were not civil servants; and CP(4). Pay and conditions of service for the armed forces were dealt with by Defence and Overseas Personnel Division (DOP). Establishments Superannuation Branch dealt with civil service superannuation and compensation to civil servants for injury on duty, and pensions policy in the public services.

In the 1962 re-organisation CP(1) to CP(4) assumed responsibility for work previously carried out by the EG Division and also took certain pay elements from the following divisions:

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Civil pay divisions functions remained the same until the creation of the Civil Service Department in November 1968 when :

CP(1) became PAY 1CP(2) and CP(4) combined to become PAY 2CP (3) linked up with DOP to become PAY 3.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14061/

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