Series
National Assistance Board and successor: Codes of Instructions and Circulars
Catalogue reference: AST 13
What's it about?
AST 13
This series contains codes of instructions and circulars issued to officers of the Assistance Boards and successor departments covering all aspects of social welfare provision.Also contained in this series are monthly bulletins, staff and...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AST 13
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Title (The name of the record)
- National Assistance Board and successor: Codes of Instructions and Circulars
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1912-1971
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains codes of instructions and circulars issued to officers of the Assistance Boards and successor departments covering all aspects of social welfare provision.
Also contained in this series are monthly bulletins, staff and premises lists, and organisation charts.
Codes and circulars were considered to be essential to the satisfactory performance of officers' duties.
Instructions were usually issued in the first instance as circulars, matters of lasting interest being eventually incorporated in the relevant code. The codes were amended and further code series introduced from time to time in the light of experience and revised policy following new legislation or the take-over of duties from other government departments. Reference was also made to legislation as and when was necessary. Instructions were issued for departmental use only. The codes of instruction and circulars represented in this series cover all aspects of social welfare provision.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Codes and instructions of the Ministry of Pensions (and successors) are in PIN 14
Codes of instructions of the Department of Health and Social Security are to found in BN 36
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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)
- 71 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals.
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- There is a subject index available. Please speak to staff at the enquiry desk for the precise location of the index.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2493/
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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National Assistance Board and successor: Codes of Instructions and Circulars