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Series
Department of Health and Social Security: Supplementary Benefits Division Branch...
Catalogue reference: BN 134
What's it about?
BN 134
This series contains registered files of the Supplementary Benefits Division Branch 3 and successors. The files relate to the policies of the branch, which were originally related to Supplementary Benefits in the following areas: immigration;...
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 134
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Health and Social Security: Supplementary Benefits Division Branch 3: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1980-2008
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered files of the Supplementary Benefits Division Branch 3 and successors.
The files relate to the policies of the branch, which were originally related to Supplementary Benefits in the following areas: immigration; students; resettlement units and re-establishment centres; liaison with associated voluntary bodies welfare arrangements and their relations with social services; board and lodging payments; hostels and residential homes; Polish homes (see AST 18, these had been in existence since the Second World War). Later the branch evolved to include Income Support policies on housing costs; people in education; people in long term care and the benefit aspects related to care in the community. The work became dispersed amongst other areas as time went on and the file office closed in 2003.
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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)
- File Office 259, Prefix APG, BDL, BFG, BGE, BIZ, BPX, CCK, DCH, ECD, EDU, EUN, FRN, GEM, GNA, GOA, HFF, HIZ, HPP, HSL, IHR, IPA, ISTLEA, LTC, MIR, NFA, NSE, NSL, OBR, OPI, PAX, PFA, PRR, REG, RFG, RNH, RNR, ROL, RPX, RSB, SBE, SXO, TSG, WRM, YPE
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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)
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- Department for Work and Pensions, 2001-2001
- Department of Health and Social Security, Supplementary Benefits Division, Branch 3, 1968-1988
- Department of Social Security, 1988-2001
- Department of Social Security, Income Support Division, 1989-1991
- Department of Social Security, Policy Group, 1997-2000
- Department of Social Security, Social Security Division D, 1992-1996
- Department of Social Security, Supplementary Benefits Division, 1988-1989
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 426 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2009 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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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 (DWP) became custodians of the series in 2001 when DWP 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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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1981-2003
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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, documenting the Supplementary Benefits Division and policies regarding means tested benefits. The selection and destruction is in line with OSP 5, The administration of Social Security 1979-1991, specifically paragraphs 5.2 and 5.2.4.
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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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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) became custodians of the series in 2001 when DWP 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16541/
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