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Series
Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and predecessors: Liquor Licensing:...
Catalogue reference: PF 317
What's it about?
PF 317
This series contains files regarding liquor licensing, following on from the transfer of policy responsibility in this area from the Home Office. These records largely concern the preparation of legislation and policy regarding the impact of...
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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PF 317
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and predecessors: Liquor Licensing: Registered Files (LIQ Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1985-2002
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files regarding liquor licensing, following on from the transfer of policy responsibility in this area from the Home Office. These records largely concern the preparation of legislation and policy regarding the impact of alcohol on hooliganism and other anti-social behaviours.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The papers in this series are arranged in numerical order by departmental file number, the sequence repeating for successive transfers. The inclusion of a date preceding a file number (as in LIQ (1999) 5/3/12) indicates the year in which the file was created.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Records of the predecessor function within the Home Office can be found in HO 295
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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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LIQ
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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)
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- Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1997-2017
- Department of National Heritage, 1992-1997
- Home Office, 1782-1782
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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334 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 2023 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
- Food and drink
- Sports
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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Files dating before 2001 were originally created by and in custody of the Home Office. In 2001 the Liquor Licensing function and its records were transferred to the Department of National Heritage.
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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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Under the Department of National Heritage, and later the Depatment for Culture, Media and Sport, the Liquor Licensing function was responsible for legislation, policy and strategy relating to the sale of alcohol.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17592897/
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