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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Management Services Division 1 Registered...

Catalogue reference: MAF 455

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MAF 455

This series contains the registered file series MCD and covers the administration services for Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) Headquarters, and the Management Board's agenda, minutes and papers.

Full description and record details

Reference
MAF 455
Title
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Management Services Division 1 Registered Files (MCD Series)
Date
1979-1981
Description

This series contains the registered file series MCD and covers the administration services for Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) Headquarters, and the Management Board's agenda, minutes and papers.

Related material

Other Establishment files relating to the administration services can be found in: MAF 39 MAF 227

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
MCD Series
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Management Services Division, 1969-1979
Physical description
5 file(s)
Access conditions
Open
Immediate source of acquisition

from 2007 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Custodial history
The records were held by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) until 2001, when the department was renamed as the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
Accumulation dates
Series opened in 1974
Accruals
This series is accruing
Selection and destruction information
These files were selected according to The National Archives Acquisition and Disposition Strategy 3.1.1
Administrative / biographical background

Establishment Division 1 was renamed the Management Services Division 1 in 1970 and covered the administration of the department's Headquarters, including the Management Board, the Research Laboratories, manpower control, pay, and organisation and methods.

Publication note(s)
For further information on administrative background and related series, see Sir John Winnifrith, The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (New Whitehall Series, No 11, 1962) and Loaves and Fishes, an illustrated history of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1889-1989 by Susan Foreman HMSO Dd 290759 C60 3/89
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16524/

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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Management Services Division 1 Registered Files (MCD Series)