Series
HM Treasury: Overseas Finance Sector (and successors): Balance of Payments and Capital...
Catalogue reference: T 551
What's it about?
T 551
The records concern the UK balance of payments, UK trade competitiveness with other countries and economic strategy in this regard. The records also concern recording of international indebtedness and world economic development, UK economic...
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 551
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Title (The name of the record)
- HM Treasury: Overseas Finance Sector (and successors): Balance of Payments and Capital Markets (BPCM prefix): Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1985-1986
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Description (What the record is about)
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The records concern the UK balance of payments, UK trade competitiveness with other countries and economic strategy in this regard. The records also concern recording of international indebtedness and world economic development, UK economic policy towards other countries, UK investment abroad and promotion and protection agreements with other countries as well as exchange control issues.
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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.
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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)
- BPCM prefix
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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, Overseas Finance Sector, 1975-1995
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 37 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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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1985 to 1986
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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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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- RCP - 3.1.1 - records that illustrate the 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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The Overseas Finance Sector was created in 1975. Both the External Finance Group and the Balance of Payments Division were created in 1981. Its function was to monitor foreign exchange markets, reserves, exchange rates, the relationship of Sterling with the European Monetary System (EMS), official external borrowing and residual exchange control issues.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14142431/
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: Overseas Finance Sector (and successors): Balance of Payments and Capital Markets (BPCM prefix): Registered Files