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Bringing the Bethnal Green disaster to light
The government tried to keep the details of the Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster of 1943 private – but a court case brought the terrible story to light.
Series
Department of Transport: Licensing and Roadworthiness Policy Division: Registered...
Catalogue reference: LM 18
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LM 18
This series contains records relating to the Licensing and Roadworthiness Policy.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- LM 18
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Transport: Licensing and Roadworthiness Policy Division: Registered Files (CDV Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1994-2002
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records relating to the Licensing and Roadworthiness Policy.
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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)
- CDV
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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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- Department of Transport, 1995-2002
- Department of Transport, Driver and Vehicles Licensing Policy Division, 1978-1979
- Department of Transport, Licensing and Roadworthiness Policy Division, 1997-2025
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 33 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 2020 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
- 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)
- 2001 to 2002 – Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions; 2002 onwards – Department for Transport
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- Series began in 1995
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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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 Licensing and Roadworthiness Policy Division was formed in 1997 and was responsible for the following:-
- Driver licensing including EC and other international aspects, medical provisions, mutual recognition of disqualifications, conduct regimes for vocational drivers, motor insurance and liaison with the motor insurance industry
- Vehicle taxation including Budget and Finance Bill Aspects, vehicle number plates and trade licensing
- Policy on vehicle roadworthiness and testing
The Division replaced the earlier Driver and Vehicle Licensing Policy Division set up in 1995 with identical responsibilities.
In 1999 the division was renamed the Licensing and Enforcement Policy Division.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16983118/
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Department of Transport: Licensing and Roadworthiness Policy Division: Registered Files (CDV Series)
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The Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster
On one tragic night in March 1943 in Bethnal Green, East London, 173 people lost their lives taking shelter from German bombing as the air raid sirens sounded.
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