Home Office and Department of Health and Social Security: Children (CHN Symbol Series)...

This series includes Home Office and Department of Health and Social Security policy files on the adoption and detention of children, children in care and after-care and hostel arrangements, the child care inspectorate and the training of child care staff (including minutes and papers of the Central Training Council and of the Advisory Council in Child Care, the Standing Advisory Committee on Juvenile Delinquency, the Advisory Council on the Treatment of Offenders and of the National Nursery Examination Board).

The series also contains papers on statistics, adoption bill papers, papers relating to the Children and Young persons Bill (1968) and Act (1969), and papers of the General Council in Child Care conferences, and minutes of meetings.

There are files on legislation and London government reorganisation relating to children in care. There are also circulars issued by the children's department and files on central and local administration.

The Home Office CHN (Children) series originated in 1949 when the system of registering files under a series of symbols (eg CHN) began to replace the older system whereby files were given a simple six figure reference number.

Finance files of the Home Office and Department of Health and Social Security are in HO 362 MH 102 MH 109

Records of approved schools etc. are in HO 349

For Home Office files relating to children see:

• Department of Health, 1988-1988
• Department of Health and Social Security, Child Care Division, 1985-1987
• Department of Health and Social Security, Children, Maternity and Prevention Division, 1987-1988
• Department of Health and Social Security, Childrens Division, 1971-1985
• Home Office, Childrens Branch, 1924-1949
• Home Office, Childrens Department, 1949-1971

in 2001 Department of Health

Topics

Welfare

Children