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Department of Trade and Industry and Welsh Office: Office for Wales and Industry...

Catalogue reference: BD 93

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BD 93

The file series originated in the Office for Wales of the Department of Trade and Industry. When responsibility for industrial matters passed to the Welsh Office in 1975, the series was inherited by the Industry Department which continued to use...

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Reference
BD 93
Title
Department of Trade and Industry and Welsh Office: Office for Wales and Industry Department: Registered Files (A Series)
Date
1967-1995
Description

The file series originated in the Office for Wales of the Department of Trade and Industry. When responsibility for industrial matters passed to the Welsh Office in 1975, the series was inherited by the Industry Department which continued to use it until 1995. Selected files relate to individual firms that have had a major impact on the development of industry in Wales. These include the nuclear powers stations at Trawsfynydd and Wylva, the Hoover factories at Merthyr Tydfil and open cast mining around Carmarthen.

Related material

The file series is continued in BD 110

Separated material

Files dated earlier than 1995 have been re-registered into

BD 110

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
A file series
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
72 file(s)
Access conditions
Open
Immediate source of acquisition

From 2001 National Assembly for Wales

Subjects
Topics
Manufacturing
Trade and commerce
Custodial history
This series originated in the Office for Wales of the Department of Trade and Industry and was passed to the Welsh Office in 1975. It was passed on to the National Assembly for Wales in 1998
Accruals
Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background

The file series originated in the Office for Wales of the Department of Trade and Industry. When responsibility for industrial matters passed to the Welsh Office in 1975, the series was inherited by the Industry Department which continued to use it until 1995.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15173/

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