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Ministry of Social Security and Department of Health and Social Security: Codes of...
Catalogue reference: BN 36
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BN 36
Departmental instructions for the Ministry of Social Security and the Department of Health and Social Security on social security procedures which were incorporated into official codes after 1968. Some originated as circulars in predecessor...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BN 36
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Social Security and Department of Health and Social Security: Codes of Instructions
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1965-1984
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Description (What the record is about)
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Departmental instructions for the Ministry of Social Security and the Department of Health and Social Security on social security procedures which were incorporated into official codes after 1968. Some originated as circulars in predecessor departments.
Official instructions on the department's varied social security procedures are usually issued first in the form of circulars whose role is generally only temporary. In due course the contents of circulars are incorporated into the more permanent codes.
For ease of updating, codes were originally held in loose-leaf binders to which amendments, serially numbered in order of issue, were added. A form in the binder was used to record the date on which each new amendment was incorporated and it is from this that the dates quoted in the list are derived.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The different codes are commonly referred to by titles made up of one or more initial letters and have been listed on that basis. The longer, formal titles, sometimes abbreviated, are also quoted.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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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)
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- Department of Health and Social Security, 1968-1988
- Ministry of Social Security, 1966-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 82 volume(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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Except when they have been bound together with codes, or when they have a particular long-term interest, circulars have not been selected for preservation.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2969/
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Ministry of Social Security and Department of Health and Social Security: Codes of Instructions