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Records of the Department of Transport
Catalogue reference: LM
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Selected records from series first created within the Department for Transport separated out from the Department of the Environment in 1976. Continuing Survey of Goods Vehicles Database, LM 1. Local Urban Transport (LUT Series) Files, LM 2....
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- LM
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of the Department of Transport
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1976-2005
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Description (What the record is about)
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Selected records from series first created within the Department for Transport separated out from the Department of the Environment in 1976.
Continuing Survey of Goods Vehicles Database, LM 1.
Local Urban Transport (LUT Series) Files, LM 2.
Transport and Works Act 1992 Files (TWA Series), LM 3.
International Aviation Directorate: Registered Files (IAD series), LM 4.
Public Transport London (PTL and PTLO series), LM 5 .
Air Traffic Division and predecessors: Registered files (APF Series), LM 6 and (ATC Series), LM 19.
Tolls and Signs Division and successors: Registered Files (TS Series), LM 7.
Channel Tunnel Fixed Link Divisions; Registered Files (CHT and CHT-A prefixes), LM 8.
Aviation Security: Registered Files (AVI series), LM 9.
Shipping Policy, General Lighthouse Authorities and Fund: Registered Files (GLAF Series), LM 10.
Sir Patrick Brown's Office: Registered Files (SPBO series), LM 12.
Records of the former Strategic Rail Authority: Registered Files (SRA Series), LM 13.
Records of the Local Transport Policy Division: Registered Files (LOCTP and LTPOL Series), LM 17.
Records of Vehicle Registration, Licensing and Taxation: Registered Files (VRLT Series),LM 20.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Other records in series beginning in the Ministry of Transport are in
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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 the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 1997-2001
- Department of Transport, 1976-1997
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 22 series
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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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
- Railways
- Taxation
- Transport management
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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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In 1976, the transport functions were separated from the Department of the Environment and a new Department of Transport responsible to its own Secretary of State was established.
The new Department of Transport was responsible for: inland surface transport industries, including British Rail, the bus industry, freight and ports, the national motorway and trunk road network. The department had oversight of local authorities' transport planning, road safety, vehicle regulation and inspection, bus and road freight licensing and driver and vehicle licensing. By July 1983, the department had assimilated the functions of the Department of Trade for sea and air transport, including sponsorship of the national airline industry, for airports, domestic and civil aviation, shipping, pilotage, HM Coastguard and marine pollution. In 1984 responsibility for London Transport passed to the department, and in 1985 the department became responsible for the regulation of taxis and private hire cars, previously the responsibility of the Home Office.
In 1990, agency status was acquired by certain sections of the Department of Transport. Further agencies were created in April 1994.
In May 1997 the Department of Transport and its functions became part of the newly formed Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C321/
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