Series
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 (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AST 12
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Title (The name of the record)
- Unemployment Assistance Board and successors: Minutes, Papers and Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1934-1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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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 Also included are; minutes of meetings, circulated memoranda, unpublished reports of the Unemployment Assistance Board and the Assistance Board; minutes of committees and conferences of regional officers or controllers and reports of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.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Minutes and papers of the Supplementary Benefit Commission will be found in AST 23
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Assistance Board, 1940-1948
- National Assistance Board, 1948-1966
- Supplementary Benefits Commission, 1966-1980
- Unemployment Assistance Board, 1934-1940
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 175 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 1970 Department of Health and Social Security
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2492/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: AST
Records of the Unemployment Assistance Boards, the Supplementary Benefits Commission,...
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Unemployment Assistance Board and successors: Minutes, Papers and Reports