Series
Benefits Agency: Chief Executive's Office: Registered Files (CEA series)
Catalogue reference: NB 4
What's it about?
NB 4
This series consists of the registered files of the Chief Executive's Office at the Benefits Agency. The files relate to the formulation and delivery of social policy and 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)
- NB 4
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Title (The name of the record)
- Benefits Agency: Chief Executive's Office: Registered Files (CEA series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1990-2000
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of the registered files of the Chief Executive's Office at the Benefits Agency. The files relate to the formulation and delivery of social policy and legislation.
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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)
- CEA 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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- Benefits Agency, 1991-2002
- Department of Social Security, 1988-2001
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 156 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 2004 Department for Work and Pensions
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1988-2001
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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 under 2.1.5 of the acquisition policy relating to the formulation and delivery of social policies
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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 Benefits Agency was the largest of the Executive Agencies of the Department of Social Security (DSS) which later became part of the Department for Works and Pensions. It was set up under the Next Steps programme, and launched on 10 April 1991. The Agency is responsible for the accurate and secure administration of Social Security benfits from receipt of claim to payment, including the giving of advice and the preparation of benefit reviews and appeals.
The Benefits Agency was formed of the benefits administration and payment sections of the Benefits and Records Division of DSS, along with the Social Security Medical Division and the regional offices of the department.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15821/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: NB
Records created or inherited by the Benefits Agency
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Benefits Agency: Chief Executive's Office: Registered Files (CEA series)