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Series
Department of Health: Civil Service: Manpower Reduction: Registered Files
Catalogue reference: JA 668
What's it about?
JA 668
This series contains files regarding the review of the organisation of the Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS), including management costs, Civil Service manpower reduction and ideas for savings in DHSS
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- JA 668
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Health: Civil Service: Manpower Reduction: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1978-1984
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files regarding the review of the organisation of the Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS), including management costs, Civil Service manpower reduction and ideas for savings in DHSS
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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This file series is arranged in file reference order (within each series)
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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)
- MNP file series
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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)
- Department of Health and Social Security, 1968-1988
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 3 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 2019 Department of Health and Social Care
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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
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- Noted as in use by File Office 34 at the DRO Census Oct 1988 transferred to File Office 497 Aug 1992, File Office and prefixes closed in Jan 1999
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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)
- Files containing stats, staff in post returns and manpower allocations have not been selected
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17001142/
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