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Piece
Initial award made
Catalogue reference: BN 70/21
What’s it about?
This record is about the Initial award made dating from 1987 in the series Department of Health and Social Security: Family Income Supplement Claims. 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)
- BN 70/21
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1987
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Description (What the record is about)
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Initial award made
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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)
- Part 1
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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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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Closed For 100 years
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Closed Or Retained Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Marriage and divorce
- Children
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C468470/
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Series information
BN 70
Department of Health and Social Security: Family Income Supplement Claims
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Department of Health and Social Security: Family Income Supplement Claims
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Initial award made
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