Series
Cabinet Office: Committees (C Series) Files
Catalogue reference: CAB 165
What's it about?
CAB 165
This series contains Cabinet Office files which were used by the Cabinet Office secretariats for the work of all ministerial and official committees.
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 165
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Title (The name of the record)
- Cabinet Office: Committees (C Series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1951-1997
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains Cabinet Office files which were used by the Cabinet Office secretariats for the work of all ministerial and official committees.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Numerical by C number within each transfer. The subject hierarchy filing system previously in use in the Cabinet Office, files from which are in CAB 21 and CAB 104, was replaced in 1966 by a dual system of distinct committees and subjects series. In the committees series each Cabinet committee was assigned a number prefixed with C, the Cabinet itself being C1. For each committee sub-files were raised in the following pattern:
- /1 composition and terms of reference
- /2 chairman's briefs
- /3 papers relating to circulation of minutes and papers
- /4 amendments to minutes and papers
- /5 arrangement of committee business
Some committees had more sub-files if the substance or conduct of its business warranted them. Ministerial committees files were distinguished by a letter suffix to the number, thus:
- A, for the Wilson administration 1964-1970
- B for the Heath administration 1970-1974
- C for the Wilson/Callaghan administrations 1974-1979
- D for the Thatcher/Major administrations 1979-1997
A tendency developed to use the /5 file as a subject file, and these should be looked at in conjunction with the files in CAB 164.
C99 (ministerial) and C999 (official) files were set up for correspondence relating to the GEN and MISC committees, but these ceased to be used after a short period.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- C file series
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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)
- Cabinet Office, 1916-1916
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1216 file(s)
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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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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1999 Cabinet Office
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1965 onwards
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Suffix /3 and /4 files routinely destroyed at first review; remainder subject to normal second review
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3972/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: CAB
Records of the Cabinet Office
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Cabinet Office: Committees (C Series) Files