Department
Records of the Government Car and Despatch Agency
Catalogue reference: GCDA
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GCDA
Records created or inherited by the Government Car and Despatch Agency. For series created for regularly archived websites, please see the separate Websites Division.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- GCDA
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of the Government Car and Despatch Agency
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Date (When the record was created)
- 2002-2012
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records created or inherited by the Government Car and Despatch Agency.
For series created for regularly archived websites, please see the separate Websites Division.
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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)
- Government Car and Despatch Agency, 1997-2012
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Government Car and Despatch Agency (GCDA) was established on 1 April 1997 and from 2002 it was an executive agency of the Department for Transport (DfT).
The Agency was responsible for providing secure transport and mail distribution to government and the public sector. The GCDA was split into two businesses: Government Cars and Government Mail. Government Cars (formerly known as the Government Car Service) provided cars and drivers to government ministers, and ran other people-movement services for the wider public sector. Government Mail (formerly known as the Interdespatch Service) provided inter-departmental mail and package movements, and a secure courier service for the wider public sector.
The GCDA closed on 30 September 2012 following the discontinuation of its despatch services. All Government Car services were closed with the exception of ministerial transport which, together with the supporting workshop services, transferred to the DfT.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C411/
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Records of the Government Car and Despatch Agency