Series
HM Treasury: Public Services Sector and successors: Accountancy, Finance and Audit...
Catalogue reference: T 557
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T 557
This series contains records relating to both policy and operational work. Policy work includes development of financial management, management accounting and internal audit in government departments and operational work includes provision of a...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- T 557
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Title (The name of the record)
- HM Treasury: Public Services Sector and successors: Accountancy, Finance and Audit (AFA prefix): Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1966-1983
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records relating to both policy and operational work. Policy work includes development of financial management, management accounting and internal audit in government departments and operational work includes provision of a consultancy service to departments, fees and charges and ready reckoner of staff costs.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Files are listed chronologically in file prefix order.
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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)
- AFA
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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 Sector, 1975-1983
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 233 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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in 2016 Treasury
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals are expected.
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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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In 1975 the Public Services Sector was created. The Accounts and Purchasing Group was created as one of three Groups under this Sector. The Management Accounting and Purchasing Policy Division was created to serve the following functions: advice on accounting in relation to financial control and develpoments in government organisation (e.g. trading funds); advice on financial and accounting matters for bodies operating on cemmercial lines; fee and charges policy; public purchasing policy. By 1984 the division had been renamed the Public Services
In 1985 Public Services Sector continued but a Financial Management Division had been created to provide advice and guidance on financial management to government departments.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14090653/
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HM Treasury: Public Services Sector and successors: Accountancy, Finance and Audit (AFA prefix): Registered Files