Series
Cabinet Office: Precedent Books
Catalogue reference: CAB 181
What's it about?
CAB 181
This series consists of working guidance on precedents for the operations of the Cabinet. Please Note: for further information, please see the Cabinet Papers website.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CAB 181
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Title (The name of the record)
- Cabinet Office: Precedent Books
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Date (When the record was created)
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1954
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of working guidance on precedents for the operations of the Cabinet.
Please Note: for further information, please see the Cabinet Papers website.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Part VI of the 1954 precedent book dealing with relations with Commonwealth governments, was missing before transfer to the Public Record Office.
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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11 volume(s)
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
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(Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated).
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Available in digital format unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 2002 Cabinet Office
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1954
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No future accruals expected.
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- One volume contains an index to the rest of the precedent book.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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All surviving parts of the 1954 precedent book, and the index to it, have been selected for permanent preservation.
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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 Cabinet Office precedent books were written to provide a convenient digest and working guide of information on procedural matters relating to the Cabinet, Cabinet Minutes, Cabinet Committees and Cabinet documents. The earliest known surviving precedent book dates from 1954, and they were revised in 1963.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15553/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: CAB
Records of the Cabinet Office
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Cabinet Office: Precedent Books