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Treasury: Environment and Public Purchasing Division: Registered Files (2EP Series)

Catalogue reference: T 341

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T 341

Registered files of the Environment and Public Purchasing Division.

Full description and record details

Reference
T 341
Title
Treasury: Environment and Public Purchasing Division: Registered Files (2EP Series)
Date
1960-1978
Description

Registered files of the Environment and Public Purchasing Division.

Note
EP had earlier been used for the unrelated Establishment Professional series
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
2EP
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
Treasury, Environment and Public Purchasing Division, 1970-1974
Physical description
1022 file(s)
Access conditions
Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition

From 2001 to 2016 Treasury

Custodial history
T 447/127-195 were transferred to T 341/954-1022 in June 2016.
Accumulation dates
Series ran from 1970
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Administrative / biographical background

In 1970 the work of the Science and Technology Division was divided between the Agriculture, Trade and Technology Division and a new Environment and Public Purchasing Division (EP Division). EP Division took over responsibility for housing and local government matters, public purchasing and the control of expenditure by the Ministry of Public Buildings and Works and the Civil Service Department. It also serviced the Procurement Policy Committee and its sub-committees.

In 1972 it lost its lead on procurement standardisation to the Department of Trade and Industry and later that year took on responsibility for environmental questions and the control of expenditure by the Department of the Environment. In December 1974 its public purchasing responsibilities were transferred to the Management Accounting Unit of the Treasury and the division became the Environment and Public Service Division.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15468/

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Treasury: Environment and Public Purchasing Division: Registered Files (2EP Series)