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Series
War Cabinet and Cabinet Office: Central Statistical Office: Correspondence and Papers
Catalogue reference: CAB 139
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CAB 139
Correspondence and papers of the Central Statistical Office on war time and post war social, economic, industrial, military, relief, reconstruction and international questions, and including files on statistical organisation, statistical...
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CAB 139
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Cabinet and Cabinet Office: Central Statistical Office: Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1939-1994
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Description (What the record is about)
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Correspondence and papers of the Central Statistical Office on war time and post war social, economic, industrial, military, relief, reconstruction and international questions, and including files on statistical organisation, statistical publications including the provision of statistics for official histories, specific statistical series, major surveys such as the post war Census of Production and the annual Economic Survey and economic planning. The papers relate to both technical questions and policy aspects.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Some pieces are arranged by subject, for other pieces there is no discernable order
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Cabinet Office, Central Statistical Office, 1940-1953
- War Cabinet, Central Statistical Office, 1941-1945
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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886 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1978 Cabinet Office
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3946/
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War Cabinet and Cabinet Office: Central Statistical Office: Correspondence and Papers
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