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Reference
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ET 24
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Title
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Manpower Services Commission: Employment Service Division: Psychological Services Notes and Reports
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Date
(When the record was created)
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1975-2006
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Description
(What the record is about)
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Unpublished reports of the Psychology Division. The work undertaken by the division was the study of work behaviour and the application of psychology theories and practices to a workplace setting. Psychology issues related to unemployment, disability and disadvantage, human factors in usability and accessibility of information technology; the work is applied to both customers and staff. They also have input to The Journal Occupational Psychology, Disability and Employment.
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Arrangement
(Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The series is arranged in report number order
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Held by
(Who holds the record)
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The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference
(Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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PN and REP
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Legal status
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Public Record(s)
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Language
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English
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Creator(s)
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- Department for Education and Employment, Employment Services Agency, 1995-2001
- Department for Work and Pensions, 2001-2001
- Employment Department Group, Employment Services Agency, 1992-1995
- Employment Department, The Training Agency, 1988-1991
- Manpower Services Commission, Employment Service Agency, 1974-1978
- Manpower Services Commission, Employment Service Division, 1978-1985
- Manpower Services Commission, Personnel and Central Services Division, 1984-1987
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Physical description
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584 files and volumes
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Access conditions
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition
(When and where the record was acquired from)
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in 2011 Department for Work and Pensions
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Subjects
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- Topics
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Labour
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Computing
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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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Manpower Services Commission 1974–1988. Training Commission 1988. Department of Employment 1988–1995. Department for Education and Employment 1995–2001.
Department for Work and Pensions 2001.
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Accruals
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Series is accruing.
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Selection and destruction information
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This series meets TNAs Acquisition policy theme 2.2.1.5 Formulation and delivery of social policies, documenting the work of Manpower Services Commission, Department of Employment and Department for Work and Pensions.
OSP31 4.2.2.3 (social and industrial history for records relating to vocational training, particularly those closely related to the activities of the Department of Employment). OSP31 5.1.11(records of the Manpower Services Commission relating to the policy determining changes). OSP 31 5.1.19 (policy files relating to the special needs of West Indian and Asian school leavers)
OSP31 5.1.27 (initiatives aimed at improving vocational training as part of the fight against increasing unemployment). OSP31 4.2.2.3 (social and industrial history for records relating to vocational training, particularly those closely related to the activities of the Department of Employment).
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Administrative / biographical background
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The Psychology Division was first established in 1992 within the Executive Services Agency, although it first existed as a branch within the Manpower Services Commission (the position of Chief Psychologist was first recorded in the Civil Service Year Book in 1981).
It was variously named as: Psychological Services Branch (The Training Agency, 1988-1991);Occupational Psychology Division (Executive Services Agency, 1992-2001, Department for Work and Pensions, 2001-2005, 2008- );Occupational Psychological Division (Department for Work and Pensions, 2005-2007).
The Division is currently part of Jobcentre Plus.
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Record URL
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18479/
