Record revealed
Letter from a ‘destitute’ man to the Poor Law Commission
In this letter, Thomas Henshaw of Derbyshire complained of his treatment by local officials who denied him welfare despite his ‘most distressing’ situation.
Series
Department of Health and Social Security and successors: Supplementary Benefit Division...
Catalogue reference: BN 131
What's it about?
BN 131
This series contains registered files of the Supplementary Benefit Division 1 concerning formulation of policy on the deduction from Supplementary Benefits of household expences payments to local authorities and utilities.
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 131
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Health and Social Security and successors: Supplementary Benefit Division 1: Registered Files (TPY Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1980-1981
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered files of the Supplementary Benefit Division 1 concerning formulation of policy on the deduction from Supplementary Benefits of household expences payments to local authorities and utilities.
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- TPY
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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, Supplementary Benefits Division 1, 1977-1982
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Records not yet transferred
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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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
- Welfare
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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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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 administration of non-contributory benefits
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16418/
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