Series
HM Treasury: Public Finance (Sector) and successors: Banking and Consumer Credit...
Catalogue reference: T 555
What's it about?
T 555
The files relate to policy work concerning the regulation of financial institutions within the United Kingdom and its dependencies.
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 555
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Title (The name of the record)
- HM Treasury: Public Finance (Sector) and successors: Banking and Consumer Credit (BNK prefix): Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1985-1994
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Description (What the record is about)
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The files relate to policy work concerning the regulation of financial institutions within the United Kingdom and its dependencies.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The records are atrranged chronologically in file prefix order.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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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)
- BNK 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)
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- Treasury, 1667-1667
- Treasury, Public Finance, 1984-1994
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 690 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 2017 Treasury
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1987 to 1995
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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)
- S.3.1.1 - RCP - 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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To 1985, policy records concerning financial institutions were created under the Domestic Economy Sector, Home Finance Group, Financial Institutions Division. From 1985, a new Public Finance [sector] was introduced. Banking policy matters were managed under this sector by the Home Finance Group and there under the Financial Institutions Division. The organisational titles had changed by1986 to the Financial Institutions and Markets Group, Banking Division; still under the same sector. In 1992 the Division name changed to the Banking and Mutuals Division.
The function of the Division was: all business with the government's banker; The Bank of England; the prudential supervision of all banks and deposit taking institutions; National Girobank; European Community banking legislation; proposed banking supervision legislation; building societies, Building Societies Commission and the Registry of Friendly Societies; National Loans Fund policy and Societies; currency and coinage and The Royal Mint.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14199091/
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HM Treasury: Public Finance (Sector) and successors: Banking and Consumer Credit (BNK prefix): Registered Files