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Ministry of Aviation and Board of Trade: Directorate of Administration, Air Traffic...

Catalogue reference: AVIA 104

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AVIA 104

Contains files of the Directorate of Administration, Air Traffic Control Services concerning both civil and military air traffic control, including accidents, and control services. Of particular interest are those files concerning Eurocontrol....

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Reference

AVIA 104

Title
Ministry of Aviation and Board of Trade: Directorate of Administration, Air Traffic Control Services: Registered Files (JQ Series)
Date

1959-1972

Description

Contains files of the Directorate of Administration, Air Traffic Control Services concerning both civil and military air traffic control, including accidents, and control services. Of particular interest are those files concerning Eurocontrol. Eurocontrol is an organisation that was set up under an international treaty in the early 1960s to co-ordinate the development of a uniform system of air traffic management throughout Europe. Eurocontrol provides a range of services, including: air traffic control training; managing air traffic flow; regional control of airspace; development of innovative technologies and procedures and the collection of air navigation charges.

Arrangement
Arrangement

Arranged according to policy and precedent, by transfer.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

JQ file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Board of Trade, Directorate of Administration, Air Traffic Control Services, 1967-1970
  • Department of Trade and Industry, Directorate of Air Traffic Control, 1970-1972
  • Ministry of Aviation, Aviation Navigational Services Division, 1959-1967
  • Ministry of Aviation, Directorate of Administration, Air Traffic Control Services, 1964-1967
Physical description

32 file(s)

Access conditions

Open

Immediate source of acquisition

From 1998 Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Subjects
Topics
Trade and commerce
Treaties and alliances
Europe and Russia
Air transport
Custodial history

Transferred successively to the Department of Trade in 1974, Department of Transport in 1976 and Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions in 1997.

Accumulation dates

1959-1972

Accruals

No further accruals expected

Selection and destruction information

The files selected for preservation are policy and precedent files representing the work of the Division, with a particular emphasis on files concerning Eurocontrol and national air traffic control matters.

Administrative / biographical background

The Directorate of Administration was established in 1962 in the Ministry of Aviation as part of the new Controllerate National Air Traffic Control Services.

It was responsible for general administrative assistance and collation of the views of the various finance branches in the Ministry of Aviation (ATC) expenditure so as to give the Controller a comprehensive picture of the financial implications of any ATC planning proposals and to assist him in the preparation of annual budgets and forecasts of expenditure. It was also responsible for the control of expenditure to be met from the Civil Aviation Ground Services vote on ATC projects promoted by the Controller and in pursuance of the UK's obligations under the Eurocontrol Convention.

In 1966 the directorate was transferred to the Board of Trade, together with other civil aviation functions, where it continued in existence until the early 1970's.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2684/

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