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Reference
(The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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LM 11
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Title
(The name of the record)
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Department of Transport: Passenger Transport Metropolitan Division; Registered Files (PTM Series)
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Date
(When the record was created)
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1986-2000
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Description
(What the record is about)
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This series comprises registered files of the Passenger Transport Metropolitan (PTM) Division, relating to the PTM Division's responsibilities to oversee precept and manpower controls, recession by the Metropolitan District Councils and capital allocations and capital grants under Section 56 of the Transport Act 1968 to the Joint Passenger Transport Authorities following the abolition of the Metropolitan County Councils.
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Related material
(A cross-reference to other related records)
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The setting up of the original Passenger Transport Authorities can be found in MT 147 (PTA prefix) and records of the Passenger Transport Division and Buses and Taxis Division are in MT 201. Records of the PTL Division, which performed a similar function for London, are in LM 5.
MT 147
MT 201
LM 5
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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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PTM Series
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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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- Department of Transport, 1995-2002
- Department of Transport, Passenger Transport Metropolitan Division, 1985-1994
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Physical description
(The amount and form of the record)
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5 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 2018 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
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Labour
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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)
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Department of Transport 1986-1997, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 1997-2001, Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions 2001- 2002, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 2002-2006 and Department of Transport 2006 onwards.
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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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PTM files were very routine in nature, but the one file that relates to the making of a grant by the West Yorkshire PTA to the Settle and Carlisle railway line has been recommended for preservation due to the historical importance of, and public interest in, the line. Three other files have been recommended as they place the grant making process in an understandable context.
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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 Local Government Act 1985 abolished the Metropolitan County Councils and re-distributed their functions. Public transport functions went to joint Public Transport Authorities (PTAs). The Transport Act 1985 also removed Metropolitan County Councils' bus operating powers. The Public Transport Metropolitan Division was set up, out of the Passenger Transport Division, to oversee the transitionary period.
In 1994 the Passenger Transport Metropolitan (PTM) Division was absorbed into the Buses and Taxis Division.
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Record URL
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16629094/
