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Series
Department of Health and Social Security: Management Support and Computers Division:...
Catalogue reference: BN 120
What's it about?
BN 120
This series contains files relating to departmental policy on automatic data processing, planning, procurement and development
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BN 120
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Health and Social Security: Management Support and Computers Division: Registered Files (DCS series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1978-1993
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files relating to departmental policy on automatic data processing, planning, procurement and development
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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)
- DCS
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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)
- Department of Health and Social Security, Management Support and Computers Division, 1978-1988
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 84 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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From 2006 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
- Computing
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- The Department for Work and Pensions became custodians of the series in 2001 when the department replaced the Department of Social Security, 1988–2001. The series was previously held by the Department of Health and Social Security, 1968-1988.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- The file series ran from 1977 to 1992
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16329/
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