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Employment Department Group: Equal Opportunities Training: Registered Files

Catalogue reference: EDG 6

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EDG 6

The files in this series show the work of the team that supported Ministers and promotes the activities of the Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs) and other bodies, including Government policies on equal opportunities, special training needs,...

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Reference

EDG 6

Title
Employment Department Group: Equal Opportunities Training: Registered Files
Date

1987-2004

Description

The files in this series show the work of the team that supported Ministers and promotes the activities of the Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs) and other bodies, including Government policies on equal opportunities, special training needs, including disabilities, inner cities and deprived areas and safe working practices for trainees and staff.

Arrangement

The series is arranged in file reference order within each transfer.

Related material

See also ET 21

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Department for Education and Employment, 1995-2001
  • Department for Work and Pensions, 2001-2001
  • Employment Department Group, Training Enterprise and Education Directorate (TEED), 1991-1994
  • Employment Department, The Training Agency, 1988-1991
Physical description

154 file(s)

Access conditions

Open unless otherwise stated

Immediate source of acquisition

From 2017 Department for Work and Pensions

Subjects
Topics
Labour
Custodial history

Employment Department Group 1988–1996; Department for Education 1996–2001; Department for Work and Pensions 2001-2017.

Accumulation dates

Files series began in 1988

Accruals

Series is accruing

Selection and destruction information

Mixed series review, initial sift followed by file by file review. Selection and destruction as per OSP31 4.2.2.3 (social and industrial history for records relating to vocational training, particularly those closely related to the activities of the Department of Employment), and OSP31 5.1.27 (initiatives aimed at improving vocational training as part of the fight against increasing unemployment).

Administrative / biographical background

The Training Enterprise and Education Directorate was part of the Employment Department Group. In 1996 the Department merged with the Department for Education to become the Department for Education and Employment (DfEE). In 2001 the employment functions transferred to the Department for Work and Pensions, with the Department for Education and Employment becoming the Department for Education and Skills (DfES).

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16420521/

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