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Resettlement Agency: Sheffield Resettlement Unit: Admission Registers

Catalogue reference: AST 40

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AST 40

This series contains admission registers for the Sheffield resettlement unit.The registers contain names of residents on a daily basis, where the person slept immediately before residence, the source of referral to the unit and proposed...

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Reference
AST 40
Title
Resettlement Agency: Sheffield Resettlement Unit: Admission Registers
Date
1969-1995
Description

This series contains admission registers for the Sheffield resettlement unit.

The registers contain names of residents on a daily basis, where the person slept immediately before residence, the source of referral to the unit and proposed destination on leaving the unit.

Arrangement
Arrangement

Chronological order.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • Department of Health and Social Security, Sheffield Resettlement Unit, 1974-1988
  • Resettlement Agency, Sheffield Resettlement Unit, 1989-1995
Physical description
50 volume(s)
Access conditions
Subject to 30 year closure
Immediate source of acquisition

In 1999 Department of Social Security

Accruals
No future accruals expected
Selection and destruction information
These registers were selected as a representative unit to show the work of the Resettlement Agency in the field.
Administrative / biographical background

The Sheffield resettlement unit was closed on 1 April 1995.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14896/

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