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Bringing the Bethnal Green disaster to light
The government tried to keep the details of the Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster of 1943 private – but a court case brought the terrible story to light.
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Transport Ministries: Vehicle Standards and Engineering Division: Registered Files...
Catalogue reference: MT 191
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MT 191
This series contains records of the Vehicle Standards and Engineering Division regarding policy and legislation on safety and environmental standards for all classes of vehicle and their equipment, covering both construction and in-use. Testing...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MT 191
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Title (The name of the record)
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Transport Ministries: Vehicle Standards and Engineering Division: Registered Files (VSE Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1970-2003
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the Vehicle Standards and Engineering Division regarding policy and legislation on safety and environmental standards for all classes of vehicle and their equipment, covering both construction and in-use. Testing requirements are also included.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The files are in former reference order, thereby reflecting their original administrative order.
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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)
- VSE
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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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- Department for Transport, 2002-2002
- Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, Vehicle Stds & Eng Div, 2001-2002
- Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Vehicle Standards & Eng. Div., 1997-2001
- Department of Transport, Vehicle Standards and Engineering Division, 1978-1997
- Vehicles Engineering Division, 1973-1977
- Vehicles Safety Division, 1970-1977
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 303 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 Transport
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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
- Transport management
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- When first created these files were housed with the Department of Transport. Between 1997 and 2001 they were housed with the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions and from 2001 to 2002 they were with the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions
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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 files were selected as they reflect the interaction of the state with its citizens and its impact on the physical environment (2.2.2 of PRO's acquisition policy)
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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 Vehicle Standards and Engineering Division was set up in 1978 through the merger of the Vehicles Division and the Vehicles Engineering Division.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16039/
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