Series
Department of the Environment: Audit Inspectorate: Registered Files (AUD Series)
Catalogue reference: AT 39
What's it about?
AT 39
This series contains registered files of the Audit Inspectorate and its predecessor, the Chief Inspector of Audit, within the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Housing and Local Government and the Department of the Environment.The files cover a...
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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AT 39
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of the Environment: Audit Inspectorate: Registered Files (AUD Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1922-1984
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered files of the Audit Inspectorate and its predecessor, the Chief Inspector of Audit, within the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Housing and Local Government and the Department of the Environment.
The files cover a wide range of the inspectorate's responsibilities including reports of the Chief Inspector, special audit enquiries and papers relating to the Royal Commission on Standards of Conduct in Public Life and the Committee of Enquiry into Local Government Finance. The files relate to local government finance, particularly the audit of the accounts of specific local authorities, the implementation of the Housing Finance Act 1972 and the creation of the Audit Commission for England and Wales.
The series includes some earlier files which were re-registered into the AUD series from the CIA series.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Files relating to the audit of local authority accounts can also be found in HLG 57
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Some files with the AUD prefix were re-registered into the IA series.
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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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AUD 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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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37 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1995 Department of the Environment
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1974
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2557/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: AT
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Department of the Environment: Audit Inspectorate: Registered Files (AUD Series)