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British Transport Commission and British Railways Board: Management Recruitment and...

Catalogue reference: AN 212

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AN 212

Records of policy in recruitment, including recruitment of women and university graduates, and training; including the Youth Opportunities Programme and community projects, training committee minutes, reports of training institutions, and...

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Reference
AN 212
Title
British Transport Commission and British Railways Board: Management Recruitment and Training: Records
Date
1949-1984
Description

Records of policy in recruitment, including recruitment of women and university graduates, and training; including the Youth Opportunities Programme and community projects, training committee minutes, reports of training institutions, and discussion of the need for skills and training.

Arrangement

In original file reference order.

Related material

Industrial Relations Department records AN 171

Personnel Department records AN 174

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
British Railways Board, Controller of Management Services, 1969-1969
Physical description
74 file(s)
Access conditions
Subject to 30 year closure
Immediate source of acquisition

In 2004 BRB (Residuary) Ltd

Custodial history
Records created by the Railway Executive of the British Transport Commission and by the British Railways Board. Passed by the Board to British Railways Board (Residuary) Ltd in February 2001.
Accumulation dates
File series ran from 1949 to 1984
Accruals
Series is not accruing
Selection and destruction information
Selected to illustrate the economic, social and demographic condition of the UK. Selected records include minutes of committees, and policy records relating to staff recruitment, training (including training of training officers) and training institutions and courses.
Administrative / biographical background

The records were created in the offices of successive staff and establishment officers from the Chief Officer (Staff and Establishment) to the Manpower Advisor, British Transport Commission and the Chief Management Staff Officer, and the succeeding Controller of Management Services, in the British Railways Board.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15995/

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British Transport Commission and British Railways Board: Management Recruitment and Training: Records