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Series
Department of Employment: Research and Planning Division: Registered Files (RP Series)
Catalogue reference: LAB 110
What's it about?
LAB 110
This series comprises registered files of the Research and Planning Division of the Department of Employment and Productivity and the Department of Employment, relating to the provision of advice on a very diverse range of subjects. These include...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- LAB 110
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Employment: Research and Planning Division: Registered Files (RP Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1967-2002
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises registered files of the Research and Planning Division of the Department of Employment and Productivity and the Department of Employment, relating to the provision of advice on a very diverse range of subjects. These include industrial relations, the effects of long-term unemployment, regional patterns of employment and sex discrimination.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Numerical by former file reference.
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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)
- RP file series
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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 for Education and Employment, 1995-2001
- Department for Work and Pensions, 2001-2001
- Department of Employment and Productivity, Research and Planning Division, 1968-1970
- Department of Employment, Research and Planning Division, 1970-1980
- Employment Department Group, 1988-1995
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 449 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 1999 Department for Education and Employment
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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
- Labour
- Sex and gender
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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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 Research and Planning Division of the Department of Employment and Productivity was responsible for providing professional and economic advice on current policy, and co-ordinated departmental contributions to economic forecasts. It also supervised the department's research programme, and in the early 1970s acquired responsibility for the development of psychological tests and assessment techniques.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15075/
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