Ministry of Housing and Local Government and successors: Construction Industry Directorate:...

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Ministry of Housing and Local Government and successors: Construction Industry Directorate: Registered Files (CI series)

1966-2001

The records in this series cover departmental policy on the construction industry and the maintenance of the system of Building Regulations.

Within each transfer the records are presented in former reference order thereby reflecting their original administrative arrangement.

Earlier records relating to Building Regulations are in AT 49

CI file series

Public Record(s)

English

• Department of the Environment, 1970-1997
• Department of the Environment, Construction Industry Directorate, 1971-1990
• Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 1997-2001
• Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Housing Division B, 1964-1970

164 file(s)

Open unless otherwise stated

From 2005 Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Since the file series ceased to accrue the files have been with the Department of the Environment (1991-1997), the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions (1997-2001), Department Transport, Local Government and the Regions (2001-2002).

Files Series ran from 1966 to 1991

Series is accruing.

The records have been selected on the basis that they reflect the economic, social and demographic condition of the UK as documented by the state's dealings with individuals, communities and organisations outside its own formal boundaries (2.2.2.1 of PRO's Acquisition Policy).

The CI files were first raised in 1971 by the Construction Industry and Materials Division which sat within the Department of the Environment's Construction Industry Directorate. In 1974 the Division split, forming the Construction Industry (Overseas) Division and the Construction Industry (Home) Division. As, however, the overseas Division had some home responsibilities, the divisions were re-named Construction Industry A Division and Construction Industry B Division in 1976. In 1979 three new divisions were set up: Construction (Home) Division, Construction Professional Division and International and Construction Manpower Division. In 1980, they were replaced with three numbered divisions (CI 2 corresponding to the Construction Manpower Division, but CI 1 and CI 3 not having a direct correlation to their predecessors). In 1981 CI 2 was absorbed into CI 1, and in 1982, CI 3 was renumbered CI 2. In 1984 the Construction Industry Research Research Unit was set up. It ceased to exist in 1989. In 1990 the Construction Industry Directorate was renamed the Construction Directorate, a name it retained until 1991.