Series
Department of the Environment: Homelessness Policy Division; registered files (HPD...
Catalogue reference: AT 152
What's it about?
AT 152
Records relating to the policy on the prevention and relief of homelessness, including guidance to local authorities and the voluntary sector.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AT 152
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of the Environment: Homelessness Policy Division; registered files (HPD series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1993-2001
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records relating to the policy on the prevention and relief of homelessness, including guidance to local authorities and the voluntary sector.
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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)
- HPD
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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 the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 1997-2001
- Homelessness Policy Division, 1992-1996
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 119 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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Department for Communities and Local Government , from 2019
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- 1988-1996 - Department of Environment; 1997-2001 - Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions; 2001-2002 - Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions; 2002-2006 - Office of the Deputy Prime Minister; 2006-2018 - Department for Communities and Local Government; 2018 onwards Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1992-1997
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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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HPD (Homelessness Policy Division) was set up in 1992 by splitting HMP, the other half forming HMEA. It had responsibility for homelessness, including refugee housing and rough sleepers, housing mobility, housing aspects of community care and special needs housing, gypsy sites policy, cash incentive schemes, grants to voluntary sector organisations to prevent or relieve homelessness and the Task Force on Government Department?s Empty Houses. In 1996 HPD was replaced by the Homelessness and Housing Management Division (HHM) which used the HM prefix.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16987329/
Catalogue hierarchy
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Within the department: AT
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Department of the Environment: Homelessness Policy Division; registered files (HPD series)