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Welsh Office: Industry Regional Assistance: Registered Files (RP Series)
Catalogue reference: BD 136
What's it about?
BD 136
This series contains files relating to the 1992 National Garden Festival at Ebbw Vale and its contribution towards the re-development of the [Welsh] valleys. It also includes records regarding initiatives to re-generate the [Welsh] valleys and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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BD 136
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Title (The name of the record)
- Welsh Office: Industry Regional Assistance: Registered Files (RP Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1984-1998
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files relating to the 1992 National Garden Festival at Ebbw Vale and its contribution towards the re-development of the [Welsh] valleys. It also includes records regarding initiatives to re-generate the [Welsh] valleys and the closure of the British Petroleum (BP) refinery in Llandarcy
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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This series is arranged in former departmental reference order.
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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)
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RP prefix
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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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- Welsh Office, Economic Development Group, 1995-1995
- Welsh Office, Industry Department, 1975-1994
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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64 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 2020 Welsh Government
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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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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Welsh Office (1964-1997); National Assembly for Wales (1997-2006) Welsh Assembly Government 2006-2011); Welsh Government (2011-)
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No further accruals are anticipated.
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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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Records within this series are from the Welsh Office's Economic and Regional Policy Division.
Division 1 of the Economic and Regional Policy Group was responsible for the co-ordination of Welsh Office's interest and contribution to the 1992 National Garden Festival at Ebbw Vale. This was the case until a significant restructuring exercise in 1995.
In 1984, Division 1 of the group was responsible for coordination of advice on general economic and industrial matters, together with the administration of the Careers Service in Wales. It also had oversight of the activities of the Manpower Services Commission and its agencies in Wales.
By 1986, the division had responsibility for the evaluation of regional industrial policy and coordination of advice or development of enterprise zones, freeports and privatisation policy.
By 1988, the division also took responsibility for deregulation, small firms and enterprise (including Local Enterprise Agencies and the Small Business Gateway Network). The Division also acted as the liaison point on the second Severn Crossing. It also had oversight of the activities of the Training Agency and the operation of employment programmes (excluding unemployment benefit matters and job centres) in Wales.
By 1995, the Regional Development Division was part of the Economic Development Group. It aimed to assist the economic development of Wales through its sponsorship of the Welsh Development Agency, the Development Board for Rural Wales, the Wales Tourist Board, Cardiff Bay Development Corporation and the Land Authority for Wales.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16958113/
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