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Records of the Establishment Departments

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Division within BT

Records of the Establishment Departments of the Board of Trade and successors relating to staffing, pay, departmental reorganisation, common services and other internal matters.The department's correspondence and papers are mainly in BT 13, BT...

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Division within BT

Title
Records of the Establishment Departments
Date

1865-1987

Description

Records of the Establishment Departments of the Board of Trade and successors relating to staffing, pay, departmental reorganisation, common services and other internal matters.

The department's correspondence and papers are mainly in BT 13, BT 14, BT 20, BT 21, BT 295 and BT 296. Divisional organisation charts are in BT 310. Staff inspection reports are in BT 307. Minutes of the Board of Trade Journal Committee are in BT 302. Files relating to the staffing, pay, conditions of service and accommodation of the mercantile marine services are in BT 235. Translators' ledgers are in BT 301

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Board of Trade, Establishment Department, 1865-1946
  • Board of Trade, Establishment Division, 1946-1970
  • Department of Industry, Establishment and Finance Division, 1976-1983
  • Department of Industry, Establishment Division, 1974-1976
  • Department of Trade and Industry, Establishment and Finance Division, 1983-1991
  • Department of Trade and Industry, Establishment Division, 1970-1974
Physical description

11 series

Subjects
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Trade and commerce
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Administrative / biographical background

The Establishment Department (from 1946 division) was set up in 1865 to deal with staffing and pay, the reorganisation of the board's other departments and all other establishment matters. It was also responsible for common services provided for other government departments. The board's library and the staff producing the Board of Trade Journal (until their transfer to the Information Division) were attached to the Establishment Department. The official translator to the Board of Trade was responsible to the librarian.

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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C473/

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