The story of
The General Strike
In May 1926 over 1.5 million UK workers went on strike, bringing Britain to a standstill. Our records provide an insight into its origins and impact.
Series
Department of The Director of Public Prosecutions: Establishment Files
Catalogue reference: DPP 8
What's it about?
DPP 8
Files cover the usual range of establishment issues including Departmental and staff reviews, administrative procedures, handbooks and costings; accommodation moves, storage and support services; staff reporting, career development and staff associations
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DPP 8
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of The Director of Public Prosecutions: Establishment Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1908-1983
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files cover the usual range of establishment issues including Departmental and staff reviews, administrative procedures, handbooks and costings; accommodation moves, storage and support services; staff reporting, career development and staff associations
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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)
- 'establishment files' in a plain numeric 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)
- Department of The Director of Public Prosecutions, 1879-1985
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 30 file(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 Crown Prosecution Service
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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
- Labour
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Inherited by Crown Prosecution Service, 1986
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1908-1985
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No future accruals expected
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Files which illustrate issues peculiar to the organisation, functions and staffing of the DDPP in order to provide information for history of the department and context for case files in DPP
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15548/
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