The story of
Jayaben Desai and the Grunwick dispute
In August 1976, a group of migrant workers led by Jayaben Desai took a historic stand against racism, low pay and limited workers’ rights.
Series
Civil Service Department: Pay Group: Registered Files (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6 Series)
Catalogue reference: BA 22
What's it about?
BA 22
Like the Treasury's Civil Pay Divisions the Civil Service Department P series of files were divided into the following areas: general policy on Civil Service pay, the pay of non-industrial staff and the higher grades of the Civil Service (P1),...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BA 22
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Title (The name of the record)
- Civil Service Department: Pay Group: Registered Files (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6 Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1960-1983
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Description (What the record is about)
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Like the Treasury's Civil Pay Divisions the Civil Service Department P series of files were divided into the following areas: general policy on Civil Service pay, the pay of non-industrial staff and the higher grades of the Civil Service (P1), the pay of scientific, professional and technical classes (P2), the pay of Government industrial grades, the armed forces, and those involved in the NHS (P3).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- P file series
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Civil Service Department, Pay Group, 1968-1981
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1476 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open 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 Treasury
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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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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- File series ran from 1968 to 1983
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Civil Service Department took over from the Treasury's Civil Pay Division functions in respect of the pay and conditions of service for civil servants. Pay, industrial relations, conditions of service and superannuation were the responsibility of Deputy Secretary (IV)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15470/
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