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Series
Transport Ministries: Economics, Railways (ECR Series) Files
Catalogue reference: MT 196
What's it about?
MT 196
The records of the Economics, Railways and Ports Division are concerned with the provision of economic advice on railways; investment reviews; grants and subsidies; fares; the provision of economic advice on ports and inland waterways. These...
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 196
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Title (The name of the record)
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Transport Ministries: Economics, Railways (ECR Series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1978-1989
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Description (What the record is about)
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The records of the Economics, Railways and Ports Division are concerned with the provision of economic advice on railways; investment reviews; grants and subsidies; fares; the provision of economic advice on ports and inland waterways. These remained the areas of interest of the Economics, Railways, Ports and General Division, but when the Economics, Railways Division was created in 1980, it lost responsibility for providing economic advice on ports and inland waterways.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Former reference order 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)
- ECR
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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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- Departments of the Environment and Transport - Common Services, Economics, Railways and Ports Division, 1977-1978
- Departments of the Environment and Transport - Common Services, Economics, Railways Division, 1980-1983
- Departments of the Environment and Transport - Common Services, Economics, Railways, Ports and General Division, 1978-1979
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 8 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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- Topics
- Railways
- 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)
- Since the files series ceased the records have been in the custody of the Department of Transport (1981-1997), the Department of 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).
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1978-1980
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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)
- 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 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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In 1977 the Economics, Railways and Ports Division was set up in the Departments of the Environment and Transport Common Services. It was responsible for providing advice on railways; investment reviews; grants and subsidies and economic advice on ports and inland waterways. In 1978 the Division was re-named the Economics, Railways, Ports and General Division. In 1980 the Economic, Railways Division was created: it retained all the functions of the Economics, Railways, Ports and General Division, with the exception of the provision of advice on port and inland waterways. The division ceased to exist in 1983.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16191/
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