Series
Civil Service Department: Statistics Division: Civil Service Statistics (STATS series)...
Catalogue reference: BA 24
What's it about?
BA 24
The files selected from this series reflect the origins of the PRISM (personnel records information system for management) project, and the subsequent transfer of responsibility for it from the Treasury to the Civil Service Department on its...
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 24
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Title (The name of the record)
- Civil Service Department: Statistics Division: Civil Service Statistics (STATS series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1969-1983
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Description (What the record is about)
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The files selected from this series reflect the origins of the PRISM (personnel records information system for management) project, and the subsequent transfer of responsibility for it from the Treasury to the Civil Service Department on its creation in 1968.
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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)
- STATS 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)
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- Civil Service Department, Statistics Division, 1968-1981
- Treasury, Public Income/Outlay Division, 1962-1967
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 20 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2001 Cabinet Office
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Transferred to the Management and Personnel Office in 1981 and to the Cabinet Office in 1982.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- File series ran from 1966 to 1981
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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)
- Policy files on the introduction and management of the PRISM system have been selected for preservation from those of the STATS series which were transferred from Treasury to Civil Service Department, in accordance with the PRO Acquisition Policy Statement paragraph 2.2.1.1. Civil Service Statistics (HMSO) is published annually. Files relating to the compilation of these statistics will not be selected.
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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 Public Income/Outlay Division of the Treasury was established in 1962. Among the division's responsibilities was the development of statistical techniques to assist in the control of public expenditure. Civil service numbers represented one significant element of public expenditure for which better control techniques were sought.
As the costs of large scale computing fell central government adopted it as the means of monitoring departmental Civil Service staff numbers, and providing the personnel information required for central management purposes.
The Treasury was tasked with the PRISM (personnel records information system for management) project, to replace the partly clerical partly computerised CSMR (central management staff record) and CSCSR (Civil Service central staff record) systems. Responsibility for PRISM was transferred to the Civil Service Department on its creation in 1968.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15613/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: BA
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Civil Service Department: Statistics Division: Civil Service Statistics (STATS series) Files