Series
Benefits Agency, Planning Unit: Registered Files (Registry 730)
Catalogue reference: NB 8
What's it about?
NB 8
This series contains registered files of the Benefits Agency, Planning Unit (Registry 730). The files concern the provision of advice and guidance on service, business and strategic planning.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- NB 8
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Title (The name of the record)
- Benefits Agency, Planning Unit: Registered Files (Registry 730)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1989-1999
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered files of the Benefits Agency, Planning Unit (Registry 730).
The files concern the provision of advice and guidance on service, business and strategic planning.
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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.
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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)
- Registry 730
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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)
- Benefits Agency, 1991-2002
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 88 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Department of Social Security 1989-2001; Department for Work and Pensions.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1989 to 1999
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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)
- Files selected under OSP5 5.2.2 creation of the agencies.
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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 responsibilities of the Benefits Agency Planning Unit, involved the development and strategic steer of Benefits Agency?s business; writing business plans; high level steer on service level agreements; service delivery strategies and sponsoring the work needed to implement them.
It provided a focal point of contact between the Department of Social Security and Benefits Agency on strategic issues including simplification of the Social Security system; development of Information Systems and IT strategies and programmes.
Eventually it would have overall responsibility for the co-ordination Change Programme for the Benefits Agency; private sector involvement in the development and delivery of frontline operations; and legislation required to implement the programme.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16376112/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: NB
Records created or inherited by the Benefits Agency
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Benefits Agency, Planning Unit: Registered Files (Registry 730)