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Series
Department of Health and Social Security: Registered files of the departmental solicitors
Catalogue reference: BN 140
What's it about?
BN 140
Legal advice on legislation and commercial interests
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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BN 140
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Health and Social Security: Registered files of the departmental solicitors
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Date (When the record was created)
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1959-2010
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Description (What the record is about)
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Legal advice on legislation and commercial interests
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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 (by transfer)
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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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File Office 439, SLB
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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)
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- Department for Work and Pensions, 2001-2001
- Department of Health and Social Security, 1968-1988
- Department of Social Security, Solicitors Branch, 1988-2001
- Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, 1953-1966
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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814 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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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 , from 2009
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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
- Trade and commerce
- Legal
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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 Department for Work and Pensions became custodians of the series in 2001 when it 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)
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Series is accruing.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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This series meets TNA's Acquisition Policy theme 2.2.15 Formulation and delivery of social policies, documenting the activities of the Solicitor's Office and policies regarding benefits and social security. The selection is in line with OSP5 (The administration of social security 1979-1991, specifically paragraphs 5.2.5)
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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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Within the Department of Health and Social Security, the Solicitor's Office constituted three separate divisions:
responsible for providing advice relating to pensions, benefits, and allowances;responsible for civil and criminal proceedings arising from social security matters; andmatters relating to health services and health legislation.The division responsible for providing legal advice regarding health services was transferred to the new Department of Health Services in 1989.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16511/
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