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Reference
(The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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EG 21
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Title
(The name of the record)
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Department of Energy: Energy Conservation Unit and successors: Registered Files (ECU series)
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Date
(When the record was created)
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1974-1982
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Description
(What the record is about)
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The files cover energy conservation matters, including energy saving measures in the public and private sectors and the Nationalised Industries; consultations on proposed Energy Bills; research and promotion and the working papers of various Committees, and Steering Groups.
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Arrangement
(Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Within each transfer the records are presented in former reference order thereby reflecting their original administrative arrangement.
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Held by
(Who holds the record)
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The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference
(Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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ECU
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Legal status
(A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language
(The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s)
(The creator of the record)
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- Department of Energy, Energy Conservation Division, 1978-1983
- Department of Energy, Energy Policy and Conservation Division, Energy Conservation Unit, 1976-1978
- Department of Energy, Energy Technology Division, 1974-1992
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Physical description
(The amount and form of the record)
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35 file(s)
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Access conditions
(Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition
(When and where the record was acquired from)
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in 2015 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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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
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Renewable energies
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Custodial history
(Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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Since the file series ceased to accrue the records have been in the custody of the Department of Energy (1983-1992), the Department of the Environment (1992-1997), the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1997-2001), the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions (2001-2002) and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (2002 to present).
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Accumulation dates
(The dates the record was accumulated)
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1974 to 1983
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Accruals
(Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No further accruals are expected.
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Selection and destruction information
(Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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The files were selected on the basis that they reflected 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).
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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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Between 1974 and 1976 responsibility for energy conservation rested with the Department of Energy's Technology Department, but in 1976 it passed to the newly formed Energy Conservation Unit. Three years later the Unit was renamed the Energy Conservation Division and continued under this name until it was abolished in 1983. Following the General Election in 1992 it was announced that the Department of Energy was to be abolished. Whilst most of the Department of Energy's functions were transferred to the Department of Trade and Industry, responsibility for energy conservation was assumed by the Department of the Environment.
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Record URL
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16162/