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Department of the Environment and successors: Local Government Directorate: Local...

Catalogue reference: AT 208

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AT 208

This series contains records relating to the departmental response to the recommendations of the Local Government Commission for England including the making of any necessary orders

Full description and record details

Reference

AT 208

Title
Department of the Environment and successors: Local Government Directorate: Local Government Review Team: Registered Files (LGRT Series)
Date

1993-1999

Description

This series contains records relating to the departmental response to the recommendations of the Local Government Commission for England including the making of any necessary orders

Arrangement

The records are arranged in former reference order within each accession

Related material

See also records of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England 1970-1993 AX

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

LGRT Prefix

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Department of the Environment, 1970-1997
  • Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 1997-2001
Physical description

88 file(s)

Access conditions

Open unless otherwise stated

Immediate source of acquisition

From 2022 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Accruals

Series is accruing

Administrative / biographical background

The Local Government Review Team (LGRT) was set up as a consequence of the Local Government Act of 1992. This had created the Local Government Commission for England (LGCE) which replaced the Local Government Boundary Commission (LGBC). The LGCE undertook a structural review of all non-metropolitan counties between 1993 and 1994. A second tranche of reviews was undertaken in1995. The LGRT dealt with the Departmental response to the LGCE reports including any necessary order making

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17674747/

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Department of the Environment and successors: Local Government Directorate: Local Government Review Team: Registered Files (LGRT Series)