Series
Department of the Environment: Highways Economics and Modelling Analysis Division:...
Catalogue reference: AT 71
What's it about?
AT 71
This series contains records concerned with the economics of highway planning, design, construction and maintenance and the methodology of cost benefit analysis (COBA).
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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AT 71
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of the Environment: Highways Economics and Modelling Analysis Division: Registered files (HEMA series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1970 - 1977
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records concerned with the economics of highway planning, design, construction and maintenance and the methodology of cost benefit analysis (COBA).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The records are arranged in former reference order within each transfer.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For other HEU series files predating 1973 see MT 148
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Some HEMA files may have been reregistered into the APM series
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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)
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HEMA
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department of the Environment, Highway Economics Unit, 1970-1973
- Department of the Environment, Highways Economics and Modelling Analysis Division, 1973-1975
- Department of the Environment, Highways Programming and Contracts Division, 1975-1977
- Department of Transport, Highways Programming, Contacts and Lands Division, 1977-1979
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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6 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2003 Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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Records transferred to the Public Record Office form the Department of the Environment, 1973 to 1975; Department of Transport, 1975 to 1997; Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 1997 to date
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1973 to 1980
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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The series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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The Acquisition Policy themes used to identify records worthy of permanent preservation are, 2.1.1, management of the economy and, 2.2, interaction of the state with its citizens and the environment, in particular, the economic, and social condition of the UK and the impact of the state on the physical environment. Records relating to significant cost benefit studies have been preserved. Copied of papers from the Highways Standards Committee and other sources have not 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 Highways Economics and Modelling Analysis Division was established in the Department of the Environment at the beginning of 1973 replacing the Highways Economics Unit. This represented a change of name rather than function. The division was headed by a senior economic advisor responsible to the Director of Highways Planning and Economics. The division's functions included the economics of highway planning, design, construction and maintenance and the development and application of modelling techniques.
The division was absorbed in to the Economics, Highways and Freight Division of the Department of the Environment's Highways Programming, Contracts and Land Directorate in early 1975. This directorate was itself later absorbed into the Department of Transport. In addition to the functions detailed above the new division had responsibility for lorries in relation to the environment; road haulage industry affairs; value of time studies; and the national model of inter-urban traffic flows and applications.
The HEMA registered file series ceased to be used at the end of 1980 when the Highways and Freight Division was renamed the Assessment Policy and Methods Division and a new registered files series prefixed APM was introduced.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15676/
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Department of the Environment: Highways Economics and Modelling Analysis Division: Registered files (HEMA series)