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Department of Health and Social Security: Registered Files of Establishments and...
Catalogue reference: BN 122
What's it about?
BN 122
The series contains registered files of the Department of Health and Social Security, Establishments and Personnel Division 1, Industrial Action. The files relate to industrial action within the department.
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 122
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Health and Social Security: Registered Files of Establishments and Personnel Division 1 Industrial Action IAC series
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1974-1990
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Description (What the record is about)
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The series contains registered files of the Department of Health and Social Security, Establishments and Personnel Division 1, Industrial Action. The files relate to industrial action within the department.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Files concerning the staffing organisation and establishment of the Ministry of National Insurance and its successors are in PIN 23
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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)
- IAC
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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, Establishments and Personnel Division, 1972-1988
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 63 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 2008 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
- Labour
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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 began in 1974
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- This series meets TNA's Acquisition Policy theme 2.2.1.5 Formulation and delivery of social policies
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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 Establishments and Personnel Division 1, Branch 2 dealt with industrial relations, including Whitely machinery, race relations and sex discrimination.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16334/
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