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Series
Department of Social Security; Registered files of C Division and the Maxwell Pensions...
Catalogue reference: JB 71
What's it about?
JB 71
This series comprises files regarding: the impact of government policies on occupational and personal pensions as a result of Maxwell pension scandal, the resulting Goode report, new policies on SERPs (the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme)...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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JB 71
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Social Security; Registered files of C Division and the Maxwell Pensions Unit, Policy on Occupational Pensions and Personal Pensions
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Date (When the record was created)
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1973-2012
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises files regarding: the impact of government policies on occupational and personal pensions as a result of Maxwell pension scandal, the resulting Goode report, new policies on SERPs (the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme) and contracting out of the scheme; equal treatment of men and women in occupational and personal pensions; policies on ensuring greater participation and uptake of occupational pensions and saving for retirement, resulting in Stakeholder Pensions; and the termination of the Occupational Pensions Board (1973-1995) and the formation of the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority (OPRA).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The series is arranged in file reference order (within each transfer).
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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)
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Prefixes include PNN, MXA, MXG, MXT, MXU, PZZ, OMS, PBX, EOZ, ETO, DAZ, ERZ, PSR, PPG, PGS, GAI, IMS
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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 for Work and Pensions, 2001-2001
- Department of Health and Social Security, 1968-1988
- Department of Social Security, 1988-2001
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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3161 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2017 Department for Work and Pensions
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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
- Pay and pensions
- Sex and gender
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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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Department of Social Security 1988–2001; Department for Work and Pensions 2001-
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1991 to 2000
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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OSP5 5.2.3 Pensions
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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 Maxwell Pensions Unit was established to administer government emergency funding for the Maxwell Pension Schemes and to assist those charged with the recovery of missing assets. The unit also provides the secretariat for the Maxwell Pensioners Trust.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16323596/
Catalogue hierarchy
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: JB
Records created or inherited by the Department for Work and Pensions
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Department of Social Security; Registered files of C Division and the Maxwell Pensions Unit, Policy on Occupational Pensions and Personal Pensions
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