Series
Department of Health and Social Security: Registered files of Insurance Division...
Catalogue reference: BN 124
What's it about?
BN 124
This series concerns the policy and administration of the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme, set up by the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979.
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 124
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Health and Social Security: Registered files of Insurance Division A (VDP series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1974-2004
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series concerns the policy and administration of the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme, set up by the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Industrial diseases registered files in PIN 20
See also:
Royal Commission on Civil Liability and Compensation for Personal Injury records in LCO 20
Industrial injuries registered files in PIN 21
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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)
- VDP
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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 Health, 1988-1988
- Department of Health and Social Security, Insurance Division A, 1969-1988
- Department of Social Security, Social Security Policy Group Division A, 1988-2001
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 55 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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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)
- In general, the file series ran from 1978 to 1999, although there are still some files which cover active cases.
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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)
- This series meets TNA's Acquisition Policy theme 2.2.1.5 Formulation and delivery of social policies, relating specifically to the implementation and interpretation of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979.
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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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Insurance Division A was part of the Social Security Policy Group. Special schemes such as the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme were dealt with by Branch 1
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16340/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: BN
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Department of Health and Social Security: Registered files of Insurance Division A (VDP series)