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Series
Registered files of the Validity of Marriage Unit and its Successors
Catalogue reference: BN 144
What's it about?
BN 144
Registered files of the Validation of Marriage Unit. Includes advice and guidance for adjudication and appeal officers, where marital status has to be ratified for benefit entitlement.
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 144
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Title (The name of the record)
- Registered files of the Validity of Marriage Unit and its Successors
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1949-2006
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Description (What the record is about)
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Registered files of the Validation of Marriage Unit. Includes advice and guidance for adjudication and appeal officers, where marital status has to be ratified for benefit entitlement.
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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
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Validity of Marriage: Representative Case Files BN 15
Maternity Benefits, Registered Files (MB Series) PIN 52
File - Validity of marriages policy on individual bigamous marriage cases PIN 18/651
File - Married women: proof of foreign divorces and validity of marriages PIN 31/272
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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)
- VM
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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, Insurance Division B, 1969-1988
- Department of Social Security, 1988-2001
- Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, Insurance Department B, 1953-1966
- Ministry of Social Security, Insurance Department B, 1966-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 18 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 2012 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
- Marriage and divorce
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance (1953-1966); Ministry of Social Security (1966-1968); Department of Health and Social Security (1968-1988); Department of Social Security (1988-2001). Department for Work and Pensions (2001- present)
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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 work of the Benefits Division. The selection is in line with OSP 5 The Administration of Social Security 1979-1991, specifically paragraphs 5.2.4, 5.2.6, and 5.3
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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 Validity of Marriage Unit was officially formed in 1967, however related functions and activities had been performed since 1961. The unit's place in the structure of the Departments has changed over the years; HQ in London, North Flyde Central Office, and Newcastle Central Office. The prefixes on the registered files had been allocated by the Central Filing Office as POD, OVB or TVP - however this was altered by the Unit and the files were allocated the VM prefix after their creation.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16542/
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