Series
Department of Health: Committee on the Working of the Abortion Act: Registered Files
Catalogue reference: JA 442
What's it about?
JA 442
This series contains the files of the Committee on the Working of the Abortion Act (Lane Committee) as well as proposals for the control of private sector abortions including methods on the termination of pregnancy
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- JA 442
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Health: Committee on the Working of the Abortion Act: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1973-2008
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains the files of the Committee on the Working of the Abortion Act (Lane Committee) as well as proposals for the control of private sector abortions including methods on the termination of pregnancy
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The series is arranged in file reference order (within each transfer)
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Related files in File Office E MH 156
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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)
- CPO 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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- Department of Health, 1988-1988
- Department of Health and Social Care, 2018-2018
- Department of Health and Social Security, 1968-1988
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 73 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 2018 Department of Health
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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)
- Individual investigations into abuses of the Abortion Act. Statistical information and Private Office correspondence files have not been selected
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
- This series contains the files of the Committee on the Working of the Abortion Act (Lane Committee) as well as proposals for the control of private sector abortions including methods on the termination of pregnancy
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15013101/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: JA
Records created or inherited by the Department of Health (1988-)
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Department of Health: Committee on the Working of the Abortion Act: Registered Files