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Piece
Selective Employment Payments Act 1966: suspected fraud, R Dent.
Catalogue reference: LAB 21/307
What’s it about?
This record is about the Selective Employment Payments Act 1966: suspected fraud, R Dent. dating from 1968-1974 in the series Ministry of Labour and successors: Regional Offices: Representative Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- LAB 21/307
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1968-1974
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Description (What the record is about)
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Selective Employment Payments Act 1966: suspected fraud, R Dent.
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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)
- V 24/1968
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- Public Record(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Closed For 75 years
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- Closed Or Retained Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4292405/
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Ministry of Labour and successors: Regional Offices: Representative Papers
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