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Civil Service Department: Committee on Political Activities of Civil Servants (Armitage...
Catalogue reference: BA 3
What's it about?
BA 3
Minutes and papers of the Committee on Political Activities of Civil Servants, including evidence from individuals and organisations. The draft reports and final report are also included.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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BA 3
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Title (The name of the record)
- Civil Service Department: Committee on Political Activities of Civil Servants (Armitage Committee): Minutes, Papers and Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
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1976-1978
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes and papers of the Committee on Political Activities of Civil Servants, including evidence from individuals and organisations. The draft reports and final report are also included.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Chronological within subject headings
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- Committee on Political Activities of Civil Servants, 1976-1978
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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30 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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In 1978 Civil Service Department
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No future accruals expected
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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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The Committee on Political Activities of Civil Servants was set up in 1976 under the chairmanship of Sir Arthur Armitage. Its brief was to examine the involvement of civil servants in national and local politics, and to make recommendations concerning such activities.
The committee produced its report for the Prime Minister and this was published in January 1978.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Political Activities of Civil Servants. Report of the Committee (Cmnd 7057), 1978
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2767/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: BA
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Civil Service Department: Committee on Political Activities of Civil Servants (Armitage Committee): Minutes, Papers and Reports