Manpower Services Commission: Development and Operation of the Employment Service:...

ET 14

1971-1998

Policy papers relating to liaison and supervision of the Careers Service.

E

Public Record(s)

English

• Manpower Services Commission, Employment Service Agency, 1974-1978
• Manpower Services Commission, Employment Service Division, 1978-1985

417 file(s)

Open unless otherwise stated

From 2008 Department for Work and Pensions

Topics

Labour

These files were in the custody of the Manpower Services Commission from 1974 to 1990, and cover the registered files on the development and operation of Employment Services Agency 1974 to 1978, Employment Services Division 1978 to 1982, Employment Division 1982 to 1986, Employment and Enterprise Group 1986 to 1990, with the prefix E. From 1990 the files were in the custody of Employment Services 1990 to 2001 (that included the Department of Education and Employment 1995-2001). The Department for Work and Pensions became custodians of these records in 2001.

1974 to 1978

Series is accruing.

While the Employment Service Agency existed as a separate body up to 1978, it operated as a Division within the Manpower Services Commission (MSC). From 1978, it ceased to exist as a separate body and officially became the Empoyment Services Division. The executive committees, which were responsible for policy matters and performance monitoring, continued to exist.