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National Coal Board and British Coal Corporation: Purchasing and Stores Department...
Catalogue reference: COAL 79
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COAL 79
This series contains registered files of the purchasing, stores supply and contracts departments comprising minutes and papers of departmental meetings, correspondence, reports and policy documents on the purchase and supply of equipment in the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- COAL 79
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Title (The name of the record)
- National Coal Board and British Coal Corporation: Purchasing and Stores Department and Supply and Contracts Departments: Registered Files (Y Series) and other records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1946-1996
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered files of the purchasing, stores supply and contracts departments comprising minutes and papers of departmental meetings, correspondence, reports and policy documents on the purchase and supply of equipment in the coal industry.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Arranged by former file reference number where they exist and in chronological order.
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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)
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- British Coal Corporation, Purchasing and Stores Department, 1987-1988
- British Coal Corporation, Supply and Contracts Department, 1988-1988
- National Coal Board, Production Department, 1946-1971
- National Coal Board, Purchasing and Stores Department, 1955-1987
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 80 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1998 British Coal Corporation
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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
- Coal
- Mining and quarrying
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No future accruals expected
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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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Purchasing, supply and contracts work was carried out by the Production Department until 1955. Following the implementation of the Fleck Report in that year the Purchasing and Stores Department was established, at headquarters, divisional, area and colliery levels. It had the NCB's regional purchasing and stores offices and central stores among its responsibilities. In 1988 the Purchasing and Stores Department and Area Workshops organisations were amalgamated to form the Supply and Contracts Department.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5327/
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