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Department of Employment: Research and Planning Division: Registered Files (RP Series)

Catalogue reference: LAB 110

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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
LAB 110
Title
Department of Employment: Research and Planning Division: Registered Files (RP Series)
Date
1967-2002
Description

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.

Arrangement
Arrangement

Numerical by former file reference.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
RP file series
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • 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
Physical description
449 file(s)
Access conditions
Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition

From 1999 Department for Education and Employment

Subjects
Topics
Labour
Sex and gender
Accruals
Series is accruing.
Administrative / biographical background

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.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15075/

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