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Unemployment Assistance Board and successor: Assistance and Pensions, Representative...

Catalogue reference: AST 1

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AST 1

Representative case papers relating to different districts of Great Britain and to different aspects of the work of the Unemployment Assistance Board and its successors, in respect of unemployment assistance, old age pensions and supplementary...

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AST 1

Title
Unemployment Assistance Board and successor: Assistance and Pensions, Representative Case Papers
Date

1935-1991

Description

Representative case papers relating to different districts of Great Britain and to different aspects of the work of the Unemployment Assistance Board and its successors, in respect of unemployment assistance, old age pensions and supplementary pensions and benefits together with specimens of the forms in use.

The series also includes papers relating to assistance and grants to Polish and Jewish refugees during the Second World War.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

85 box(es)

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

Immediate source of acquisition

Department for Work and Pensions

Accruals

No further accruals.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2481/

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Unemployment Assistance Board and successor: Assistance and Pensions, Representative Case Papers