Series
Property Services Agency and Property Holdings: The Crown Suppliers Privatisation...
Catalogue reference: CM 12
What's it about?
CM 12
Records concerning the work of The Crown Suppliers Privatisation Unit which was formed to administer the sale of The Crown Suppliers and its business units and to consider tender offers from potential buyers.The series includes background papers...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CM 12
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Title (The name of the record)
- Property Services Agency and Property Holdings: The Crown Suppliers Privatisation Unit: Registered Files (PU Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1985-1991
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records concerning the work of The Crown Suppliers Privatisation Unit which was formed to administer the sale of The Crown Suppliers and its business units and to consider tender offers from potential buyers.
The series includes background papers to the sale, personnel policy papers, strategic and legislative papers and schedules for the sale.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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The policy files of The Crown Suppliers (SP series) are in WORK 61
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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)
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PU file series
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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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- Property Holdings, The Crown Suppliers Privatisation Unit, 1990-1990
- Property Services Agency, The Crown Suppliers Privatisation Unit, 1985-1990
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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135 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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Crown Suppliers Privatisation Unit (TCSPU) was set up within the PSA to facilitate the privatisation of The Crown Suppliers (TCS). At its privatisation, TCS included the following divisions: Product Supply and Services Division responsible for the design of own brand products and the sale of goods through the TCS catalogue; The Buying Agency responsible for procurement of materials and services; Transport Division providing a range of transport services including vehicle hire and the Interdepartmental Despatch Service; Finance Division responsible for financial policy and controls and Establishment Division responsible for personnel, training, secretarial and administrative functions.
TCSPU was probably established between 1985-1988; an exact date of creation cannot be determined. It was transferred to Property Holdings in 1990 as the 'vendor' body for TCS.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4117/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: CM
Records created or inherited by the Property Services Agency
You are currently looking at the series: CM 12
Property Services Agency and Property Holdings: The Crown Suppliers Privatisation Unit: Registered Files (PU Series)