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Series
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and predecessors: World Heritage...
Catalogue reference: PF 306
What's it about?
PF 306
This series contains records relating to world heritage sites and relations with UNESCO, used in Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) following the transfer of the policy portfolio from the Department of the Environment.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PF 306
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and predecessors: World Heritage Sites: Registered Files (WHS Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1994-2005
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records relating to world heritage sites and relations with UNESCO, used in Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) following the transfer of the policy portfolio from the Department of the Environment.
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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)
- WHS
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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 for Culture, Media and Sport, 1997-2017
- Department of the Environment, 1970-1997
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 29 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 2022 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
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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
- Aid and development
- Sports
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport 1997-2017; Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 2017-present
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17473238/
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