Series
Property Services Agency and Predecessors: Government Car Service; Registered Files...
Catalogue reference: CM 67
What's it about?
CM 67
This series contains records covering the design, procurement and deployment of official cars for ministers, associated security and organisational matters and other uses.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CM 67
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Title (The name of the record)
- Property Services Agency and Predecessors: Government Car Service; Registered Files (GCS Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1970-1993
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records covering the design, procurement and deployment of official cars for ministers, associated security and organisational matters and other uses.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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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)
- GCS Series
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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, 1970-1997
- Property Services Agency, 1972-1990
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 7 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 2018 Department for Communities and Local Government
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Department of the Environment 1970-1979; Property Services Agency 1979-1993.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals are expected.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Policy and high profile user files are recommended for retention. Non-primary and routine files are not.
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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 Government Car Service (GCS) provided a 'high-quality, secure car service' for ministers in government departments. On the establishment of the Department of the Environment in 1970 the GCS came under that body. In 1972 during The Troubles in Northern Ireland, GCS vehicles with enhanced security features were first deployed. In 1993 GCS became part of the Security Facilities Executive (SAFE), an Executive Agency of the Department of the Environment.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16323480/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: CM
Records created or inherited by the Property Services Agency
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Property Services Agency and Predecessors: Government Car Service; Registered Files (GCS Series)