The story of
Sir Ludwig Guttmann and the birth of the Paralympic Games
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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and predecessors: Local Government...
Catalogue reference: PF 365
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PF 365
This series contains records relating to local government policy and planning matters, including Private Finance Initiatives.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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PF 365
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and predecessors: Local Government General Policy and Procedure: Registered Files (LG Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1998-2003
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records relating to local government policy and planning matters, including Private Finance Initiatives.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For related files see HLG 120
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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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LG
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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 Culture, Media and Sport, 1997-2017
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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23 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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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport From 2023
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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
- Sports
- Local Government
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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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This series contains records created by the Local Government Division of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17873497/
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