Series
HM Treasury: Public Services (Sector), Home, Transport and Education (Group), Home...
Catalogue reference: T 518
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T 518
The series contains a mixture of policy and operational work. Primarily, the records concern bilateral discussions between Treasury and government departments on annual spending in the areas of transport and broadcasting. The records should...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- T 518
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Title (The name of the record)
- HM Treasury: Public Services (Sector), Home, Transport and Education (Group), Home and Transport (Division): Registered Files (TBP and TB prefixes)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1981-1984
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Description (What the record is about)
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The series contains a mixture of policy and operational work. Primarily, the records concern bilateral discussions between Treasury and government departments on annual spending in the areas of transport and broadcasting. The records should contain the ministerial bilateral discussions between the Chief Secretary to the Treasury and the Secretaries of State for the responsible government departments; to 1988, these private office papers were returned to the expenditure divisions rather than being kept by Treasury as discrete collections.
The 'TBP' prefix denotes the registry theme 'Transport, Broadcasting and the Public Trustee' whereas the succeeding 'TB' prefix denotes the registry theme 'Transport and Broadcasting'.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The records are arranged chronologically in file prefix order. The TB prefix will follow the TBP prefix being the later prefix of the two.
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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)
- TBP and TB prefixes
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Treasury, Public Services, 1983-1985
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 430 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2016 Treasury
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1982 to 1984 (TBP prefix), 1985 to 1987 (TB prefix)
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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)
- RCP s.3.1.1 - Government's management of the UK economy.
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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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From 1982 to 1984 the Public Services (Sector), Home, Transport and Education (Group), Home and Transport (Division) covered the TBP prefix functions. From 1985 to 1987 the division name changed to Education and Broadcasting Division and covered the TB prefix functions. The functions for both TBP and TB prefixes were as follows.
TBP functions: Estimates and Cash Limits; Public Expenditure; Local Authorities; Roads; Transport; Scottish Highlands and Islands Shipping Services; European Community; Broadcasting; Wireless Telegraphy; Public Trustee Office; Treasury/Ministers of the Crown Ministry of Transport and Research.
TB functions: Broadcasting; Wireless Telegraphy; Transport Policies; Transport Regulation.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14075718/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: T
Records created or inherited by HM Treasury
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HM Treasury: Public Services (Sector), Home, Transport and Education (Group), Home and Transport (Division): Registered Files (TBP and TB prefixes)