Series
Supplementary Benefits Commission and predecessors: Private Office: Papers
Catalogue reference: AST 31
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AST 31
This series contains the private office files of the Supplementary Benefits Commission. The papers contain the discussions and policies that relate to the transfer of responsibilities from the National Assistance Board, on its abolition in 1966,...
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 31
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Title (The name of the record)
- Supplementary Benefits Commission and predecessors: Private Office: Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1934-1974
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains the private office files of the Supplementary Benefits Commission. The papers contain the discussions and policies that relate to the transfer of responsibilities from the National Assistance Board, on its abolition in 1966, to the newly-formed Supplementary Benefits Commission and Ministry of Social Security. Specific reference is made to the new scheme of supplementary benefits which replaced national assistance.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Former reference order
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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)
- SBC/PO file series
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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)
- 78 file(s)
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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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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 1999 Department of Social Security
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Transferred to the Department of Health and Social Security in 1980 and the Department of Social Security in 1988.
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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/C2511/
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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Supplementary Benefits Commission and predecessors: Private Office: Papers