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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 the Environment and Successors: Housing Action Trusts Branch: Registered...
Catalogue reference: AT 157
What's it about?
AT 157
This series contains records relating to sponsorship of the Housing Action Trusts (HATs) by the Department of the Environment and its successors (the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR); the Department of Transport,...
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 157
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of the Environment and Successors: Housing Action Trusts Branch: Registered Files (HAT Prefix Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1997-2001
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records relating to sponsorship of the Housing Action Trusts (HATs) by the Department of the Environment and its successors (the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR); the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR); the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM); the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)), including policy on their management and on the disposal of their assets.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The records are arranged in former reference order within accessions
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Fro records of the Local Authority Housing Finance Division (LAH), see AT 139
For records relating to the set up of the House Action Trusts, see AT 142
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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)
- HAT Prefix
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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, Local Authority Housing Finance Division, 1989-1997
- Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Local Authority Housing Finance, 1997-2001
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 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 2024 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local 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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- Topics
- Clothing
- Transport management
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- The 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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Housing Action Trusts (HATs) were set up under the provisions of the Housing Act 1988 to regenerate priority housing estates. The setting up of individual HATs was superintended by Housing Management and Estate Action Division (HMEA). Once set up sponsorship of the HATs was the responsibility of the HAT Branch which sat at first in Regeneration Division 1, but later moved to Local Authority Housing Finance Division (LAH). Each HAT was run by a Board appointed by the Secretary of State. There were 8 HATs: North Hull, Stonebridge, Tower Hamlets, Liverpool, Waltham Forest and Castle Vale. The properties managed by the HATs were progressively transferred to Housing Associations as they were regenerated. The HATs were all wound up by 2007 and residual responsibilities passed to English Partnerships.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17203850/
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Department of the Environment and Successors: Housing Action Trusts Branch: Registered Files (HAT Prefix Series)
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