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Series
Department of Industry and predecessors: Posts and Telecommunications Division and...
Catalogue reference: FV 87
What's it about?
FV 87
This consists covers the consideration of major investment proposals, review of the telecommunication strategy, borrowing powers and pension fund deficiency.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FV 87
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Industry and predecessors: Posts and Telecommunications Division and predecessors: Registered Files (TFB Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1965-1983
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Description (What the record is about)
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This consists covers the consideration of major investment proposals, review of the telecommunication strategy, borrowing powers and pension fund deficiency.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement is by former file reference.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 88 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 Trade and Industry
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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
- Pay and pensions
- Communications
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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)
- These records were selected under acquisition policy criteria 2.2.1.2 (Management of the economy)
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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 TFB series was initiated by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPT). In 1974, the MPT was dissolved and its functions split between the Home Office and the Department of Industry. The Post and Telecommunications Division of the Department of Industry became responsible for the sponsorship of the new Post Office Corporation.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15745/
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