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Letter from a ‘destitute’ man to the Poor Law Commission
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Series
Department of Health and Social Security: Supplementary Benefit and Income Support...
Catalogue reference: BN 146
What's it about?
BN 146
Policy files on issues, initially affecting residual Supplementary Benefit regulations after the cessation of Supplementary Benefit Commission, but mainly covering income support, housing benefits, community charge and council tax benefits (means...
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 146
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Health and Social Security: Supplementary Benefit and Income Support policies (means tested benefits)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1980-2004
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Description (What the record is about)
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Policy files on issues, initially affecting residual Supplementary Benefit regulations after the cessation of Supplementary Benefit Commission, but mainly covering income support, housing benefits, community charge and council tax benefits (means tested benefits) and laterly pensions, poverty, disability income and capital, and arrangements regarding live-in carers.
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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 (within each 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)
- ADC, ARQ, CFN, CNZ, D1D, EFL, EPP, EQT, FTE, HBP, HIN, HML, HOPF, ICP, IHC, INP, ISI, ISM, ISV, LAL, LGE, LGS, OBL, PGA, PND, PRL, PRN, PSE, PTE, RAR, RRS, SBD, SBR, TPY, URN, VPR, WHA, WMS, XDP, XIS, XPB, YCP, YPS
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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, 1988-1988
- Department of Health and Social Security, 1968-1988
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 913 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 2010 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
- Welfare
- Taxation
- Pay and pensions
- Housing
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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 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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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1981 -
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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 Supplementary Benefits Division and policies regarding means tested benefits. The selection is in line with OSP 5 The Administration of Social Security 1979-1991, specifically paragraphs 5.2, 5.2.4, 5.2.7.
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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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In 1980, the control of the administration of the supplementary benefits system and the provision of reception and resettlement centres passed to the Department of Health and Social Security on the abolition of the Supplementary Benefits Commission. In 1989, after the establishment of the Department of Social Security, responsibility for reception and resettlement centres passed on to the Resettlements Agency.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16544/
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