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Welsh Office: Industry Department: Registered Files (DB Series)

Catalogue reference: BD 141

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BD 141

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Reference
BD 141
Title
Welsh Office: Industry Department: Registered Files (DB Series)
Date
1981-1997
Arrangement

The files are arranged in the DB-XX-XX-XXX format. The first two digits are the main theme number, the second two digits are the sub-theme number and last three digits are the individual file number, e.g. DB-10-3-29

Related material

Department of Trade and Industry and Welsh Office: Office for Wales and Industry Department: Registered Files (A Series) BD 93

Former department reference
DB Prefix
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • Welsh Office, Industry and Training Department, 1994-1999
  • Welsh Office, Industry Department, 1975-1994
Access conditions
Records not yet transferred
Immediate source of acquisition

Welsh Government

Accruals
The series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background

Responsibility for industrial matters in Wales passed to the Welsh Office in 1975 with the creation of the Welsh Office's Industry Department. The Industry Department was responsible for supporting traditional industries such as coal mining and iron and steel production. Its remit also included the encouragement of inward investment into Wales as part of efforts to diversify the Welsh economy away from a reliance on traditional heavy industry. Industry Department also managed the awarding of grants for industry and managing the decline and job losses associated with the contraction of heavy industry. The records continued until the creation of the National Assembly for Wales in 1998

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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17687094/

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Welsh Office: Industry Department: Registered Files (DB Series)