Series
Prime Minister's Office: Correspondence and Papers, 1997-2010
Catalogue reference: PREM 49
What's it about?
PREM 49
The records in this series cover the Labour Party administration of 1997 to 2010. Files in this series relate to all matters in which the Prime Minister was involved, except for honours and patronage
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PREM 49
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Title (The name of the record)
- Prime Minister's Office: Correspondence and Papers, 1997-2010
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1970-2005
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Description (What the record is about)
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The records in this series cover the Labour Party administration of 1997 to 2010. Files in this series relate to all matters in which the Prime Minister was involved, except for honours and patronage
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Digital images of selected files from this series should be available to download once the records have been transferred to The National Archives.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The records are arranged by year and alphabetically by subject.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- Prime Minister's Office, 1916-1916
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 4671 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 2021 Cabinet Office
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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)
- The majority of these files are selected for permanent preservation as they range across all the topics within The National Archives Acquisition Policy criterion 2.1.1 concerning the policy and administrative processes of the state.
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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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These records were created during the Labour Party administration of 1997-2010. Tony Blair was Prime Minister from May 1997 to June 2007. Gordon Brown was Prime Minister from June 2007 to May 2010.
Gordon Brown resigned from office following the results of the May 2010 General Election. The Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats went on to form a Coalition Government
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17109005/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: PREM
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Prime Minister's Office: Correspondence and Papers, 1997-2010