Series
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Government Decontamination and...
Catalogue reference: MAF 762
What's it about?
MAF 762
This series contains policy and administrative records relating to the formation and operations of the Government Decontamination Service.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MAF 762
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Government Decontamination and Recovery Service (GDRS Prefix Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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2003-2005
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains policy and administrative records relating to the formation and operations of the Government Decontamination Service.
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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)
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GDRS
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2001-2001
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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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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The Government Decontamination Service (GDS) is an organisation within the UK Government which provides advice and guidance to help the UK resist and recover from any deliberate or accidental release of chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear materials (CBRN) or from major accidental releases of hazardous materials (HAZMAT).
The Cabinet Office Civil Contingencies Secretariat (CCS) allocated Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs lead government responsibilities for managing the consequences of a CBRN incident arising from terrorist and some non-terrorism causes. Home Office has lead responsibility for a CBRN terrorism during the counter terrorism phase. Responsibility for dealing with an immediate emergency rests with local Police and Emergency Services.
GDS was established as an executive agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and since 1 April 2009 it was a constituent part of the Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA). However, GDS responsibilities were absorbed back into Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 1 August 2014.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17473349/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: MAF
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Government Decontamination and Recovery Service (GDRS Prefix Series)