Record revealed
Letter from a ‘destitute’ man to the Poor Law Commission
In this letter, Thomas Henshaw of Derbyshire complained of his treatment by local officials who denied him welfare despite his ‘most distressing’ situation.
Series
Department of Social Security and successor: Family Poverty and Work Division: New...
Catalogue reference: JB 118
What's it about?
JB 118
The series contains the records of the New Tax Credits Policy and Legislation Team and includes papers on the Tax Credits Bill, New Tax Credits (NTC) and other regurlations as well as child benefits, jobseekers allowance and income support.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- JB 118
-
Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Social Security and successor: Family Poverty and Work Division: New Tax Credits Policy and Legislation Team: Registered Files
-
Date (When the record was created)
- 1997-2004
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
The series contains the records of the New Tax Credits Policy and Legislation Team and includes papers on the Tax Credits Bill, New Tax Credits (NTC) and other regurlations as well as child benefits, jobseekers allowance and income support.
-
Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
-
Alphanumeric, sequentially
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- TCB, TCT, TCQ
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
- English
-
Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
-
- Department for Work and Pensions, 2001-2001
- Department of Social Security, 1988-2001
-
Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 118 file(s)
-
Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
-
Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
-
From 2025 Department for Work and Pensions
-
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))
-
Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
-
Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
-
The Family Poverty and Work Division was responsible for the identification, development and analysis of welfare policy and employment strategy for lone parents, partners of benefit claimants, carers and children in workless households.
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C19791068/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
11,208 records
Within the department: JB
Records created or inherited by the Department for Work and Pensions
You are currently looking at the series: JB 118
Department of Social Security and successor: Family Poverty and Work Division: New Tax Credits Policy and Legislation Team: Registered Files
You may be interested in
-
-
Record revealed
Request for compensation for the Boston Tea Party
On 16 December 1773, 340 chests of tea were thrown into Boston harbour by protesting colonists. This letter from the East India Company requests reimbursement. -
Focus on
Revealing the (corrupt) record in 14th-century Ireland
In 1325, officials found suspicious mistakes in the account of the former treasurer of Ireland and hauled him through the courts. What did they uncover?
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.