Series
Department of the Environment and Successors: Drivers Policy and Systems Division:...
Catalogue reference: AT 92
What's it about?
AT 92
These files detail policy matters concerned with drivers and driver licensing.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
-
AT 92
-
Title (The name of the record)
-
Department of the Environment and Successors: Drivers Policy and Systems Division: Registered Files (DPS Series)
-
Date (When the record was created)
-
1967-2003
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
These files detail policy matters concerned with drivers and driver licensing.
-
Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
-
Within each transfer the records are arranged in former reference order reflecting their original administrative arrangement.
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
-
DPS
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
-
Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
-
English
-
Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
-
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2001-2001
- Department of the Environment, 1970-1997
- Department of the Environment, Drivers and Vehicles Policy Division, 1976-1977
- Department of the Environment, Drivers Policy and Systems Division, 1974-1976
- Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 1997-2001
- Department of Transport, 1995-2002
- Department of Transport, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Finance and General Division, 1978-1981
- Department of Transport, Drivers and Vehicles Policy Division, 1977-1978
-
Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
-
355 file(s)
-
Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
-
Open unless otherwise stated
-
Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
-
From 2005 Department for Transport
-
Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
-
Since the file series ceased to accrue these records have been in the custody of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1997-2001), the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions (2001-2002) and the Department for Transport (2002 to present).
-
Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
-
File series ran from 1975
-
Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
-
Series is accruing.
-
Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
-
These records have been selected as 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 TNA's Acquisition Policy).
-
Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
-
The Drivers Policy and Systems Division was established in 1974 as part of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Group. Its remit was the development of driver policy. In 1976 this function was transferred to the Drivers and Vehicles Policy Division. In 1977 this division was transferred to the Department of Transport and the following year the function was transferred to the Driver Vehicle Licensing Financial and General Division. The latter Division ceased to raise DPS files in 1981.
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16141/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: AT
Records created or inherited by the Department of the Environment, the Department...
You are currently looking at the series: AT 92
Department of the Environment and Successors: Drivers Policy and Systems Division: Registered Files (DPS Series)