Series
National Assistance Board and Supplementary Benefits Commission: Inspection of Area...
Catalogue reference: AST 16
What's it about?
AST 16
This series contains inspections of area offices, reports of the National Assistance Board and Supplementary Benefits Commission on certain selected areas.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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AST 16
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Title (The name of the record)
- National Assistance Board and Supplementary Benefits Commission: Inspection of Area Officers, Reports (E and C Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1946-1969
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains inspections of area offices, reports of the National Assistance Board and Supplementary Benefits Commission on certain selected areas.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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E and C file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- National Assistance Board, 1948-1966
- Supplementary Benefits Commission, 1966-1980
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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18 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No further accruals.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Supervision of area offices was achieved by regular visits of the appropriate Regional Office team, who carried out a general inspection of all aspects of the work and conditions in area offices within their region. If follow-up action was required, the appropriate steps were taken by the Regional Office.
Copies of the reports of these general inspections, giving advice and recommending follow-up action on cases as necessary, were sent to the National Assistance Board's Headquarters, who were thus able to exercise overall control.
Headquarters themselves also sent inspectorate teams to investigate staffing requirements and audit teams to investigate financial matters.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2496/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: AST
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National Assistance Board and Supplementary Benefits Commission: Inspection of Area Officers, Reports (E and C Series)