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Manpower Services Commission: Training Services Agency and Division: Registered Files
Catalogue reference: ET 21
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ET 21
Registered files of the Training Services Division, documenting discussion and implementation of training policies, in particular the training of school leavers, women, ethnic minorities and disabled. Also includes policies on the retraining of...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ET 21
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Title (The name of the record)
- Manpower Services Commission: Training Services Agency and Division: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1974-1995
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Description (What the record is about)
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Registered files of the Training Services Division, documenting discussion and implementation of training policies, in particular the training of school leavers, women, ethnic minorities and disabled. Also includes policies on the retraining of unemployed during a period of high unemployment
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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
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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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)
- A, B, E, N, PA, T
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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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- Employment Department Group, 1988-1995
- Manpower Services Commission, 1973-1988
- Manpower Services Commission, Training Division, 1982-1986
- Manpower Services Commission, Training Services Agency, 1974-1978
- Manpower Services Commission, Training Services Division, 1978-1982
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 505 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 2017 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
- Labour
- Race relations
- Sex and gender
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- 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)
- 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 Manpower Services Commission. OSP31 5.1.27 (initiatives aimed at improving vocational training as part of the fight against increasing unemployment) OSP31 5.1.11(records of the Manpower Services Commission relating to the policy determining changes) OSP31 4.2.2.3 (social and industrial history for records relating to vocational training, particularly those closely related to the activities of the Department of Employment) OSP35 3.7 (Programme and Project Boards) OSP35 3.12 (Departmental committees, boards, working parties)
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
- Registered files of the Training Services Division, documenting discussion and implementation of training policies, in particular the training of school leavers, women, ethnic minorities and the disabled.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16636/
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