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Civil Service Department: Committee on the Civil Service (Fulton Committee): Minutes,...

Catalogue reference: BA 1

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BA 1

The papers in this series relate to setting up of the Committee on the Civil Service, minutes of meetings, circulated papers, records of the drafting sub-committee and the committee's final report.

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BA 1

Title
Civil Service Department: Committee on the Civil Service (Fulton Committee): Minutes, Papers and Report
Date

1966-1969

Description

The papers in this series relate to setting up of the Committee on the Civil Service, minutes of meetings, circulated papers, records of the drafting sub-committee and the committee's final report.

Arrangement
Arrangement

Chronological within document type

Related material

Records relating to Sir James Dunnett's involvement in the Committee on the Civil Service can be found in DEFE 23

Records relating to the Committee on the Civil Service can be found in CSC 5

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Committee on the Civil Service, 1966-1968
Physical description

97 files and volumes

Access conditions

Open

Immediate source of acquisition

In 1974 Civil Service Department

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No future accruals expected

Administrative / biographical background

The Committee on the Civil Service was appointed by the Prime Minister on 8 February 1966 under the chairmanship of Lord Fulton (the committee is usually referred to as the Fulton Committee). Its task was to examine and make recommendations about the structure, recruitment, training and management of the Home Civil Service.

The committee's report was published in 1968.

Publication note(s)
The Civil Service, Vol. 1: Report of the Committee (Cmnd 3638) 1968
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2765/

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Civil Service Department: Committee on the Civil Service (Fulton Committee): Minutes, Papers and Report