Division
Records of the Environment Division and predeccessors
Catalogue reference: Division within BD
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Division within BD
[New division created in anticipation of records being transferred]
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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Division within BD
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of the Environment Division and predeccessors
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Date (When the record was created)
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1982 - 2001
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Description (What the record is about)
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[New division created in anticipation of records being transferred]
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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 and Welsh
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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 Environment Division (created in 1991) and its predecessors were created initially to manage the following government responsibilities in Wales: water; sewage treatment and disposal; environmental protection matters; local government structure and miscellaneous local government matters; sport and recreation; liaison with the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales and the Sports Council for Wales.
The Housing, Water and Environmental Protection Division was created in 1983, replacing the Environmental Engineering Divison that had previously existed under the Professional and Consultative Staff Group.
The Division was renamed as the Water and Environmental Protection Division in 1986. By 1988 it was organised under the Transport, Planning and Environment Group with the same title.
After the creation of the Environment Division in 1991 its main concerns and remit were: water quality and regulations; coast protection and land drainage; radioactivity; air pollution and coordination of the Welsh Office's input into the White Paper on the Environment..
By 2001, it had changed its name to the Environmental Protection Division.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1411/
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Records of the Environment Division and predeccessors