Record revealed
Letter from a ‘destitute’ man to the Poor Law Commission
In this letter, Thomas Henshaw of Derbyshire complained of his treatment by local officials who denied him welfare despite his ‘most distressing’ situation.
Series
Department of Social Security: Publicity Material
Catalogue reference: JB 2
What's it about?
JB 2
This series contains publicity material relating to a wide range of social security matters. It particularly concerns changes made to the administration and provision of benefits and allowances, and social security agreements between the UK and...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- JB 2
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Social Security: Publicity Material
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1988-2001
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains publicity material relating to a wide range of social security matters. It particularly concerns changes made to the administration and provision of benefits and allowances, and social security agreements between the UK and other nations. Some of the material is printed in both English and Welsh.
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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 alpha-numeric order (with each leaflets alpha-numeric code relating to a broad subject area) within each individual transfer.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For Department of Health and Social Security publicity material see: BN 10
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 146 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2001 Department of Social Security
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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
- Welfare
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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)
- The publicity material has been selected in accordance with sections 2.2.1 (policy and administrative processes of the state) and 2.2.1.5 (formulation and delivery of social policies) of the PRO's Acquisition Policy.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15246/
Catalogue hierarchy
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: JB
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Department of Social Security: Publicity Material
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