Series
National Assistance Board and successors: Administration of Assistance Schemes and...
Catalogue reference: AST 43
What's it about?
AST 43
This series consists of registered files of the Unemployment Assistance Board and its successors illustrating the range of duties and responsibilities imposed under the 1934 Unemployment Assistance Act and extended under subsequent legislation....
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AST 43
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Title (The name of the record)
- National Assistance Board and successors: Administration of Assistance Schemes and Occupational Pensions, Registered files (PRE Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1961-1980
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of registered files of the Unemployment Assistance Board and its successors illustrating the range of duties and responsibilities imposed under the 1934 Unemployment Assistance Act and extended under subsequent legislation.
The files deal extensively with occupational pensions - the feasibility of establishing transferability and preservation of pension rights as already existing in other European countries. The files also look at how this affects/restricts mobility of labour especially amongst more senior members.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Related files in:
DHSS Insurance files BN 92
National Superannuation and Social Insurance Bill
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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)
- PRE 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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- National Assistance Board, 1948-1966
- Resettlement Agency, 1989-1996
- Supplementary Benefits Commission, 1966-1980
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 107 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 2002 Department for Work and Pensions
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- Series ran 1963-1974
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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 as containing the development and consideration of various occupational pensions schemes and showing formulation and delivery of social policies. Selected under PRO acquisition policy 2.2.1.5.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15712/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: AST
Records of the Unemployment Assistance Boards, the Supplementary Benefits Commission,...
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National Assistance Board and successors: Administration of Assistance Schemes and Occupational Pensions, Registered files (PRE Series)