Welsh Office: Permanent Secretary's Division: Registered Files (PSD Series)

BD 82

1974-1991

This series contains files raised and used in the Permanent Secretary's Division between 1975 and 1980. Selected files relate to: moves to a proposed devolution to a National Assembly of Wales from 1975 and the repeal of the Wales Act 1978 which effectively ended this policy strategy after the ascendancy of Conservative government to power in 1979. Records also concern the review of non-departmental public bodies and quangos instigated by the incoming Conservative government after 1979.

PSD file series

Public Record(s)

English

35 file(s)

Open

From 1999 National Assembly for Wales

Topics

Devolution

Inherited by the National Assembly for Wales in 1999.

c1978 to 1980

Series is accruing.

The majority of files in this series were destroyed at first review - its content related to routine though often high level administration of the Welsh Office.

The Permanent Secretary's Division was created in 1976. It was disbanded in 1987 when Central and Management Services Division 2 of the Establishment Group took over its functions.

The functions of the Division were: to review the Welsh Office's activities and resources; provide information and co-ordinated appraisals of policy and organisational issues; to provide secretariat for the Conference of Heads of Government offices in Wales; policy and procedural matters on public appointments and non-departmental public bodies; to support the Permanent Secretary on policy and planning matters concerning the whole of the Welsh Office; coordination of departmental briefing; policy and procedural matters relating to the Welsh Affairs Committee; liaison on contingency matters and Royal matters.