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Reference
(The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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ET 18
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Title
(The name of the record)
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Manpower Services Commission: Employment Services Division: Planning and Development, Disabled Persons (File Series D)
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Date
(When the record was created)
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1945-1999
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Description
(What the record is about)
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This series contains files of the Manpower Services Commission, Employment Services Division, Planning and Development, Disabled Persons.
The records conmprise policy files covering the work of the Commission in promoting and improving the employment prospects of disabled persons.
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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)
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The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference
(Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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File Series D
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Legal status
(A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language
(The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s)
(The creator of the record)
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- Manpower Services Commission, Employment Service Agency, 1974-1978
- Manpower Services Commission, Employment Service Division, 1978-1985
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Physical description
(The amount and form of the record)
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345 file(s)
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Access conditions
(Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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 2013 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
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Labour
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Disability
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Custodial history
(Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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Manpower Services Commission 1974–1988. Training Commission 1988. Department of Employment 1988–1995. Department for Education and Employment 1995–2001. Department for Work and Pensions 2001.
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Accruals
(Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing.
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Selection and destruction information
(Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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This series meets TNA's Acquisition policy theme 2.2.1.5 Formulation and delivery of social policies, documenting the work of the Manpower Services Commission (OSP31 5.1.11).
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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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Amongst its many responsibilities, the Employment Services Division was responsible for the development and maintenance of government policies around the maintenance and improvement of the employment prospects for disabled persons. Its objective was to accomplish this in a less staff-intensive way during a period of recession and high unemployment.
The division also undertook a review of the statutory quota sheme for employment of disabled people. The Commission promoted the employment of disabled people with the 'Code of Good Practice on the Employment of Disabled People'.
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Record URL
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16627/
