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Ministry of Public Building and Works and Department of the Environment: Directorate...
Catalogue reference: WORK 78
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WORK 78
The files detail the research and information requirements of the building industry, the commissioning of research projects, the arrangement of exhibitions and lectures, the formulation of policy for construction research and policy on research...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WORK 78
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Public Building and Works and Department of the Environment: Directorate of Research and Information and successors: Registered Files (RC Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1959-1974
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Description (What the record is about)
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The files detail the research and information requirements of the building industry, the commissioning of research projects, the arrangement of exhibitions and lectures, the formulation of policy for construction research and policy on research at the Building Research Establishment.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The files will be presented in former reference order thereby relecting their original administrative 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)
- RC
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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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- Department of the Environment, Directorate of Research and Information, 1970-1971
- Department of the Environment, Directorate of Research Requirements, 1971-1977
- Departments of the Environment and Transport - Common Services, Research Policy Directorate, 1977-1980
- Ministry of Public Building and Works, 1962-1970
- Ministry of Public Building and Works, Directorate of Research and Information, 1969-1970
- Ministry of Works, 1943-1962
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 214 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2005 Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Research
- Construction industries
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Since the series ceased to accrue the records have been in the custody of the Department of the Environment (1980-1997), the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1997-2001), the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions (2001-2002) and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1969-1980
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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)
- These records have been selected as they reflect the economic, social and democratic condition of the UK, as documented by the state's dealings with individuals, communities and organisations outside its own formal boundaries (2.2.2.1 of PRO's Acquisition Policy).
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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 Directorate of Research and Information was set up within the Ministry of Public Building and Works in 1969. It remained the Directorate of Research and Information when, in 1970, it became the responsibility of the Department of the Environment, but following a major re-organisation of the Department's research services in 1971, it was placed within the new Directorate of Research Requirements. With the renewed independence of the Department of Transport in 1976 it became the Housing and Research Division of the Research Policy Directorate in the newly-formed Department of the Environment/Department of Transport Common Services organisation.
RC files ceased to be raised when research work was re-organised along task-based rather then subject-based lines in 1980.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14679/
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