Series
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Chief Scientist's Group (Research and...
Catalogue reference: MAF 438
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MAF 438
This series contains registered files (CSA series) of the Chief Scientist's Group, Research and Development Requirements Division. The files comprise papers on policy, finance, and deliberations leading to the commissioning or rejection of a...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MAF 438
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Chief Scientist's Group (Research and Development Requirements Division): Registered Files (CSA Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1979-1992
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered files (CSA series) of the Chief Scientist's Group, Research and Development Requirements Division. The files comprise papers on policy, finance, and deliberations leading to the commissioning or rejection of a research project and the original signed minutes of releveant board and committee meetings. They cover the creation of the Priorities Board and the Board's recommendations.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Registered files of the research grants are in: MAF 117
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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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CSA
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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)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Research and Development Requirements Division, 1973-1991
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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68 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 2007 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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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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The records were held by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) until 2001, when the department was renamed as the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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Series was opened in 1973
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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This series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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These files were selected according to The National Archives Acquisition Policy 2.2.1.2
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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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In 1973 the chief scientific advisers were given departmental responsibility for their scientific staff when a separate Chief Scientist's Staff Group was established, consisting of the Food Science Division, and a new Research and Development Requirements Division. The latter was responsible for the co-ordination and execution of the ministry's research and development programme.
The Group consisted of senior scientists, with technical assistants, together with an administrative division, which jointly aided the Chief Scientist in his responsibility for formulating policy and allocating research and development resources in agriculture, fisheries and food. The Group was responsible for the commissioning of research and development with 'contracting' organisations both inside and outside the ministry, and for conducting reviews of the work so funded. The contractors included universities at which MAFF sponsored studentships, and also commissioned special research projects.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16367/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: MAF
Records created or inherited by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments,...
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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Chief Scientist's Group (Research and Development Requirements Division): Registered Files (CSA Series)