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Iron and Steel Board Records

Catalogue reference: BE 1

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BE 1

Records created and inherited by the Iron and Steel Board including items from the Chairman's Office, Development Division, Finance Division, Secretariat and Technical Division, and comprising minutes, company files, correspondence files, capital...

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BE 1

Title
Iron and Steel Board Records
Date

1945-1968

Description

Records created and inherited by the Iron and Steel Board including items from the Chairman's Office, Development Division, Finance Division, Secretariat and Technical Division, and comprising minutes, company files, correspondence files, capital and profit returns and running cost returns.

Related material

Records of the Iron and Steel Division in

For the records of the Iron and Steel Division of the Ministry of Power see BT 255

For records relating to the European Coal and Steel Community and the Board of Trade's Tariff Division see BT 205

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

1147 files and rolls

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure

Subjects
Topics
Iron, steel and metals
Administrative / biographical background

The Iron and Steel Board was given general authority over the iron and steel companies, and in particular over their investment programmes and finances. It was to promote efficiency by vetting development plans in the context of an overall strategy for the industry, although it was unable to plan new capacity, withdraw old capacity or to reorganise the companies into larger groups. These powers were thus largely negative. The board also represented the industry within the European Coal and Steel Community. It had a number of internal administrative divisions, including the Chairman's Office, a Secretariat, the Development Division, the Finance Division and the Technical Division.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2857/

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Iron and Steel Board Records

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