Series
Department of the Environment and predecessors: Sports Policy, Registered Files (SARD...
Catalogue reference: AT 60
What's it about?
AT 60
This series contains registered files (SARD and SPORT Series) relating to sports policy. Subjects included in the files concern relationships with South Africa and Rhodesia, the use of Service sporting facilities by civilian organisations, and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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AT 60
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of the Environment and predecessors: Sports Policy, Registered Files (SARD and SPORT Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1969-2000
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered files (SARD and SPORT Series) relating to sports policy.
Subjects included in the files concern relationships with South Africa and Rhodesia, the use of Service sporting facilities by civilian organisations, and the transfer of the responsibility for parks and open spaces in London from the Greater London Council to local councils.
CRS 3 files were created by the Further Education Branch of the Department of Education and Science; SPORT files by the LG 4 section of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government; and SARD files by local government divisions of the Department of the Environment. All CRS 3 files were re-registered into SARD and most of the SPORT ones.
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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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SARD and SPORT 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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- Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1997-2017
- Department of Education and Science, 1964-1992
- Department of National Heritage, 1992-1997
- Department of the Environment, Local Government Directorate B, Division LG2, 1971-1972
- Department of the Environment, Local Government Division B, Branch LG2, 1970-1971
- Department of the Environment, Planning Sport and Countryside Directorate, 1974-1977
- Department of the Environment, Planning, Regional Development Directorate, Sports Division, 1972-1974
- Department of the Environment, Sports and Recreation, 1980-1991
- Department of the Environment, Sports Policy Division, 1977-1980
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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797 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1999 Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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Transferred to the Department of Education and Science in 1991, the Department for National Heritage in 1992, and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in 1997.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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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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Prior to the creation of the Department of the Environment (DOE) in 1970, the Further Education Branch of the Department of Education and Science, and the LG 4 section of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government both had some sports responsibilities.
By 1971 (probably 1970) both sections had been amalgamated into the DOE as LG 2 which was responsible for the provision and improvement of sporting facilities. LG 2 did not last long and after 1972 the responsibility for sport moved around the DOE under a number of different titles, including the Sports Division in the DOE's Planning, Regional Development Directorate until 1974, then the Planning Sport and Countryside Directorate until 1977, the Sports Policy Division until 1980, and then the Sport and Recreation Directorate and/or Division.
In 1991 responsibility for sport transferred back to the Teachers' Pay and General Branch of the Department of Education and Science.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2578/
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Department of the Environment and predecessors: Sports Policy, Registered Files (SARD and SPORT Series)