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Board of Trade and successors: Establishment Division: Registered Files (EG and E...

Catalogue reference: BT 296

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BT 296

Policy, general and record files of the Establishment Division of the Board of Trade and the combined and separate Departments of Trade and Industry.The files relate to staffing matters such as complementing, recruitment, postings and secondments...

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Reference

BT 296

Title
Board of Trade and successors: Establishment Division: Registered Files (EG and E (P, G and R suffix) Series)
Date

1931-1987

Description

Policy, general and record files of the Establishment Division of the Board of Trade and the combined and separate Departments of Trade and Industry.

The files relate to staffing matters such as complementing, recruitment, postings and secondments (including exchanges between the civil service and industry), appraisal, training, redundancy and retirement, pay, superannuation, welfare, allowances, conditions, accommodation and dispersal and trade union matters for their own and subordinate organisations.

The series also includes files relating to the structure and functions of the departments, including transfers of function and subsequent reorganisations, especially in connection with civil aviation, shipping and shipbuilding; standard departmental procedures; and departmental records. A number of files relate specifically to the Trade Commissioner Service.

Most of the departments' files in the E and EG series up to 1960 are in BT 13. Other files of the same series are in BT 295

Related material

Registered files of the Establishment and Management Services Division of the Ministry of Technology are in FV 51

Registered files of the Establishment Division of the Ministry of Technology are in HF 6

Establishment Division files of the Department of Trade and Industry are in FV 59

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

EG and E (P, G and R suffix) file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

833 file(s)

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

Subjects
Topics
Manufacturing
Labour
Air transport
Pay and pensions
Accruals

Series is accruing

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3332/

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Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

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Within the department: BT

Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies

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Board of Trade and successors: Establishment Division: Registered Files (EG and E (P, G and R suffix) Series)

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