Record revealed
Accident register for the North Eastern Railway Company
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Series
Ministry of Overseas Development and Overseas Development Administration: Disaster...
Catalogue reference: OD 69
What's it about?
OD 69
This series contains records of the Disaster Unit dealing with the Ministry's (later the Administration's) preparedness for major disasters, including: monitoring the development of disasters and research into disaster situations; co-ordinating...
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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OD 69
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Overseas Development and Overseas Development Administration: Disaster Unit: Registered Files (DIS Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1973-1987
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the Disaster Unit dealing with the Ministry's (later the Administration's) preparedness for major disasters, including: monitoring the development of disasters and research into disaster situations; co-ordinating UK government relief effort; liaison with other government departments, particularly the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Ministry of Defence and the Department of Health and Social Security; and liaison with voluntary societies and international organisations.
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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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DIS Series
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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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- Ministry of Overseas Development, Disaster Unit, 1974-1979
- Overseas Development Administration, Disaster Unit, 1979-1984
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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33 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2009 Department for International Development
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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)
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File series ran from 1974 to 1984
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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Records selected under Acquisition Policy criteria 2.2.1.3, 2.2.1.5 and 2.2.2.2, documenting the work of the overseas development departments to prepare themselves for future human and natural disasters, and provide relief aid in the event of such disasters.
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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 Disaster Unit was established in 1974 to improve the preparedness of the Ministry of Overseas Development to cope with major human and natural disasters, following reviews of the UK's aid efforts in earlier disasters. Over time it came to have responsibility for co-ordinating UK governmental emergency relief provision, as well as planning for it. The Unit continued in the Overseas Development Administration until 1984, when it was replaced by the Disaster and Refugee Unit.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15762/
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