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Series
Diplomatic Service Administration Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Accommodation...
Catalogue reference: FCO 78
What's it about?
FCO 78
This series contains files of the Accommodation Departments on the provision of Diplomatic Service accommodation overseas, and UK accommodation for FCO staff.The file series began in 1967, but contains one earlier paper of 1922.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FCO 78
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Title (The name of the record)
- Diplomatic Service Administration Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Accommodation Departments: Registered Files (DSA , DSC and XA Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1922-1980
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files of the Accommodation Departments on the provision of Diplomatic Service accommodation overseas, and UK accommodation for FCO staff.
The file series began in 1967, but contains one earlier paper of 1922.
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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)
- DSA and XA 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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- Diplomatic Service Administration Office, Accommodation Department, 1967-1968
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Accommodation and Services Department, 1971-1982
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Accommodation Department, 1968-1971
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Office Services and Supply Department, 1968-1971
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 62 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 Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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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
- International
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1967 onwards
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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)
- Records selected by the FCO under PRO supervision under section 2.2.1.3 of the PRO acquisition policy, dealing with the support of UK diplomatic activity overseas and the impact of financial constraints on prestige accommodation.
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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 Accommodation Department handled all accommodation matters for Diplomatic Service posts abroad, and planning for the new Foreign and Commonwealth Office London building project. Home service accommodation matters were dealt with by the Office Services and Supply Department.
On the formation of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in October 1968, the Diplomatic Service Administration Office was abolished, and the functions of the Accommodation and the Office Services and Supply Departments passed directly to the new office. The work of these departments passed to an Accommodation and Services Department in 1971, and then to the Office Services and Transport Unit in 1982.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15620/
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Diplomatic Service Administration Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Accommodation Departments: Registered Files (DSA , DSC and XA Series)
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