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Unemployment Assistance Board and successors: Minutes, Papers and Reports

Catalogue reference: AST 12

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AST 12

Papers in this series, which consist mainly of Private Office papers and those kept by the Unemployment Assistance Board and successors' secretary, Sir Donald Sargent, record the activities of the Unemployment Assistance Board, the Assistance...

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Reference
AST 12
Title
Unemployment Assistance Board and successors: Minutes, Papers and Reports
Date
1934-1967
Description

Papers in this series, which consist mainly of Private Office papers and those kept by the Unemployment Assistance Board and successors' secretary, Sir Donald Sargent, record the activities of the Unemployment Assistance Board, the Assistance Board and the National Assistance Board.

They contain the boards' policies and procedures for implementing the various regulations made under the Unemployment Assistance Act 1934 and subsequent legislation. Also included are; minutes of meetings, circulated memoranda, unpublished reports of the Unemployment Assistance Board and the Assistance Board; minutes of committees and conferences of regional officers or controllers and reports of district officers.

Related material

Minutes and papers of the Supplementary Benefit Commission will be found in AST 23

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • Assistance Board, 1940-1948
  • National Assistance Board, 1948-1966
  • Supplementary Benefits Commission, 1966-1980
  • Unemployment Assistance Board, 1934-1940
Physical description
175 files and volumes
Access conditions
Open
Immediate source of acquisition

from 1970 Department of Health and Social Security

Accruals
No further accruals.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2492/

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Unemployment Assistance Board and successors: Minutes, Papers and Reports