Focus on
Bringing the Bethnal Green disaster to light
The government tried to keep the details of the Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster of 1943 private – but a court case brought the terrible story to light.
Series
Transport Ministries: Defence Planning and Emergencies (DPE Series) Files
Catalogue reference: MT 208
What's it about?
MT 208
This series contains Defence Planning and Emergencies (DPE Series) files concerning defence planning and emergencies aspects of transport policy, including privatisation of British Transport Docks Board, and papers of the Container Policy Committee.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MT 208
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Title (The name of the record)
- Transport Ministries: Defence Planning and Emergencies (DPE Series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1980-2001
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains Defence Planning and Emergencies (DPE Series) files concerning defence planning and emergencies aspects of transport policy, including privatisation of British Transport Docks Board, and papers of the Container Policy Committee.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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By former reference
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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)
- DPE file series
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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 of the Environment, Defence Planning and Emergencies Division, 1970-1976
- Departments of the Environment and Transport - Common Services, Defence Planning and Emergencies Division, 1976-1988
- Ministry of Transport, Ports, Shipping and Defence Directorate, 1966-1970
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 24 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2010 Department for Transport
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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
- Transport management
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- 1966-1970 Ministry of Transport – Ports, Shipping and Defence; 1971-1976 Department of the Environment - Transport Industries – Ports, Shipping and Defence; 1977–1987 Department of the Environment and Transport – Common Services; 1988–1996 Department of Transport – Shipping Policy and Emergency Planning Directorate; 1997–2001 Department of the Environment Transport and the Regions; 2001–2002 Department of Transport Local Government and the Regions; 2002 to date Department for Transport.
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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)
- By routine review in department, following guidance in OSP 14 Home Defence and Emergency Planning 1972-2001
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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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Defence Planning Division was created in 1966 as part of the Ministry of Transport within Ports, Shipping and Defence Directorate. In 1970 it became part of the Department of the Environment, Transport Industries, and in 1976 part of the Departments of the Environment and Transport Common Services Organisation, until 1988 when it passed to the Department of Transport.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16555/
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The Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster
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