Series
War Cabinet and Cabinet Office: Departmental Security Officer: Files
Catalogue reference: CAB 116
What's it about?
CAB 116
Selected files of the Panel on Security Arrangements in Government Departments, and of the Departmental Security Officer's Branch relating to arrangements for security in government departments.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CAB 116
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Cabinet and Cabinet Office: Departmental Security Officer: Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1941-1948
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Description (What the record is about)
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Selected files of the Panel on Security Arrangements in Government Departments, and of the Departmental Security Officer's Branch relating to arrangements for security in government departments.
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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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- Cabinet, Departmental Security Officers Branch, 1945-1945
- Cabinet, Panel on Security Arrangements in Government Departments, 1945-1948
- War Cabinet, Departmental Security Officers Branch, 1942-1945
- War Cabinet, Panel on Security Arrangements in Government Departments, 1942-1945
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 50 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1999 Cabinet Office
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No future accruals expected
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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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The Panel on Security Arrangements in Government Departments was established in January 1942 following discussions about security breaches between the Prime Minister and the Cabinet Security. Under the general superintendence of the Lord President and the chairmanship of the Cabinet Secretary, the Panel's advisers included the Departmental Security Officer of the Cabinet Office
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3923/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: CAB
Records of the Cabinet Office
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War Cabinet and Cabinet Office: Departmental Security Officer: Files