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HM Treasury: Public Services and successors: Ordnance Survey, Crown Estates and Urban...

Catalogue reference: T 500

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T 500

The records comprise the annual bilateral expenditure discussions between HM Treasury and the Ordnance Survey, Crown Estates and various urban regeneration government bodies.

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Reference
T 500
Title
HM Treasury: Public Services and successors: Ordnance Survey, Crown Estates and Urban (OSCEU prefix): Registered Files
Date
1991-1997
Description

The records comprise the annual bilateral expenditure discussions between HM Treasury and the Ordnance Survey, Crown Estates and various urban regeneration government bodies.

Arrangement

The records are arranged chronologically in file prefix order.

Related material

See also T 524

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
OSCEU prefix
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
Treasury, Public Services, 1983-1985
Access conditions
Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition

From 2019 Treasury

Custodial history
The records were stored at HM Treasury 1 Horse Guards Road, London SW1, until 1999. There after the records were stored with a third party contractor prior to transfer to The National Archives.
Accumulation dates
1991 to 1996
Accruals
Series is accruing.
Selection and destruction information
RCP, s.3.1.1 - The government's role in the management of the UK economy.
Administrative / biographical background

Public Services Sector was created in 1975 and had two distinct functions originally: a) General Expenditure Policy and Analysis and; b) the annual bilateral expenditure discussions on Local Government, Devolution, Social Services, Home, Transport, Education, Defence Policy and Materiel. The types of records created in OSCEU file prefix would have concerned the latter function.

By 1981, a 'Local Government Group' and a 'Social Services and Territorial Group' were created under a Public Services Sector to replace the earlier organisation. Bilateral expenditure discussions with the Ordnance Survey and the various government urban development bodies were covered by the Housing Environment and Property Services Group whereas discussions with Crown Estates were (rather unusually) covered by the Health Services Division. This organisation seems to have continued to 1991 with the exception that bilateral discussions with Ordnance Survey, urban development bodies and the Crown Estates were now all covered by Local Government Group, Housing and Environment (Division). In 1994, Environment (LG3) replaced Housing and Environment (Division) under the same organisational structure. In 1996, a shallower organisational structure was introduced. 'Spending' (Sector) replaced the Public Services (Sector) and Local Government (LG) (Group) continued under it and seems to have continued responsibility for annual bilateral discussions between Treasury and Ordnance Survey, Crown Estates and various urban development programmes. Divisions were dispensed with after 1996.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14444717/

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HM Treasury: Public Services and successors: Ordnance Survey, Crown Estates and Urban (OSCEU prefix): Registered Files