Record revealed
Letter from a ‘destitute’ man to the Poor Law Commission
In this letter, Thomas Henshaw of Derbyshire complained of his treatment by local officials who denied him welfare despite his ‘most distressing’ situation.
Series
Regional Offices (Social Security): Representative Papers
Catalogue reference: BN 17
What's it about?
BN 17
The files in this series illustrate the administration of social security (contributory and supplementary) benefits, relations between regional offices and local authorities and special campaigns.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BN 17
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Title (The name of the record)
- Regional Offices (Social Security): Representative Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1965-1981
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Description (What the record is about)
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The files in this series illustrate the administration of social security (contributory and supplementary) benefits, relations between regional offices and local authorities and special campaigns.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Regional office health service files are in MH 112
Files relating to the control of regional and local social security offices are in PIN 81
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Department of Health and Social Security, 1968-1988
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 16 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Welfare
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2950/
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