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Series
Department of Health and Social Security: Tax Credit Scheme
Catalogue reference: BN 99
What's it about?
BN 99
This series relates to the replacement of Family Income Supplement and other supplementary benefits with the Tax Credit Scheme. The files assess the impact on particular groups of people.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BN 99
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Health and Social Security: Tax Credit Scheme
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1971-1974
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series relates to the replacement of Family Income Supplement and other supplementary benefits with the Tax Credit Scheme. The files assess the impact on particular groups of people.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Private Office and Senior Officers' Papers BN 13
Insurance Division D, pieces 95-100 BN 88
References to Tax Credit also found in:
Family Benefits, Registered Files (FP Series) BN 89
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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)
- TC
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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)
- Department of Health and Social Security, 1968-1988
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 145 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 2002 Department of Social Security
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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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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- File series ran from 1971 to 1974
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- This series was selected as it deals with the formulation of the policy on Tax Credit as a replacement scheme for other forms of supplementary benefit.(2.2.1.5)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15714/
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