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Civil Service Department: Manpower and Complementing Division: Registered Files (M1,...
Catalogue reference: BA 25
What's it about?
BA 25
These Civil Service Department files concern the staffing complements of government departments.
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 25
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Title (The name of the record)
- Civil Service Department: Manpower and Complementing Division: Registered Files (M1, M2 series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1960-1984
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Description (What the record is about)
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These Civil Service Department files concern the staffing complements of government departments.
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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)
- M, M(1), M(2) and M(3) 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, 1968-1981
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2948 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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- Topics
- Labour
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1968-1983
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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)
- Files are selected for permanent preservation where they provide information under the PRO's Acquisition policy, theme 2.2.1.1 (formulation of policy and management of public resources by the core executive). Most of the files contain administrative details and these have been destroyed. Files are selected where wider policy issues are involved.
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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 Management Division functions in respect of manpower complements of government departments.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15637/
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