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Series
Transport Ministries: Highways Planning and Construction (HPC Series) Files
Catalogue reference: MT 194
What's it about?
MT 194
This series contains registered files of the Department of Transport Highways Planning and Construction Division (HPC series). The file series details the planning and selection of trunk road schemes. Files that exist prior to 1977 are papers...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MT 194
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Title (The name of the record)
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Transport Ministries: Highways Planning and Construction (HPC Series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1976-1981
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered files of the Department of Transport Highways Planning and Construction Division (HPC series). The file series details the planning and selection of trunk road schemes. Files that exist prior to 1977 are papers that originate from GPH (the Department of the Environment's General Planning Highways (Part) Division).
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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 in former reference order thereby reflecting their original administrative arrangement.
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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)
- HPC
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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 of the Environment, General Planning Highways (Part) Division, 1975-1977
- Department of Transport, Highways Planning and Construction Division, 1977-1980
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 12 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2005 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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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 the records have been in the custody of the Department of Transport (1981-1997), the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1997-2001), the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions (2001-2002) and the Department for Transport (from 2002).
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1975-1980
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- The series will accrue.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- The 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 of its own formal boundaries (2.2.2.1 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 Highways Planning and Construction Division was set up in 1977 within the Highways Planning and Management Directorate. It assumed the responsibilities of the Department of the Environment's General Planning Highways (Part) Division (GPH series) and the Construction Units Administration Division (CUA series).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16164/
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