Series
Welsh Office: Water and Environmental Protection Division and Successors: Registered...
Catalogue reference: BD 117
What's it about?
BD 117
The series contains records created by the Water and Environmental Protection Division and successor bodies. The files relate to Welsh Office liaison with countryside and nature conservancy bodies.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BD 117
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Title (The name of the record)
- Welsh Office: Water and Environmental Protection Division and Successors: Registered Files (CC Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1983-1998
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Description (What the record is about)
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The series contains records created by the Water and Environmental Protection Division and successor bodies. The files relate to Welsh Office liaison with countryside and nature conservancy bodies.
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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)
- CC file series
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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 and Welsh
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Welsh Office, Environment Division, 1991-1999
- Welsh Office, Environmental Protection and Local Government Division, 1989-1991
- Welsh Office, Water and Environmental Protection Division, 1981-1989
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 77 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 2018 Welsh Government
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1981-1999
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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)
- Selected under Acquisition Policy criterion 2.2.2.2 documenting the impact of the state on the physical environment.
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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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Prior to 1981, the Department for the Environment had a regional office in Wales to administer central government functions for countryside and nature conservancy matters.
In 1981, the Welsh Office created the Water and Environmental Protection Division. Its responsibilities were for water, sewerage and sewage disposal, environmental protection matters, local government structure and miscellaneous local government matters, sport and recreation, liaison with the Local Government Boundary Commission (Wales), and the Sports Council for Wales. This was replaced in 1989 by the Environmental Protection and Local Government Division which covered most of the same responsibilities. In 1991, the Environment Division was created dealing with water quality, coast protection and land drainage, radioactivity, air pollution, coordination of Welsh Office input into White Paper on the Environment . After 1991, the sports and recreation functionss were hived off into the Culture and Recreation Division.
Under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, the Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) was established. It was formed by a merger of the Countryside Commission (Wales) and the Nature Conservancy Council (Wales) and inherited the statutory duties of both of these predecessor bodies. The Countryside Commission (Wales) and the Nature Conservancy Council (Wales) were independent advisors to the Secretary of State for Wales on countryside and wildlife issues.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16401/
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Records created or inherited by the Welsh Office and the Wales Office
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Welsh Office: Water and Environmental Protection Division and Successors: Registered Files (CC Series)