Record revealed
Letter from a ‘destitute’ man to the Poor Law Commission
In this letter, Thomas Henshaw of Derbyshire complained of his treatment by local officials who denied him welfare despite his ‘most distressing’ situation.
Series
Offices of the National Insurance Commissioners and the Social Security Commissioners:...
Catalogue reference: CT 2
What's it about?
CT 2
Decisions of the National Insurance Commissioners and Social Security Commissioners on appeals for maternity benefit, sickness benefit, widow's benefit, guardian's allowance, mobility allowance, child's special allowance and death grants. Also...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CT 2
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Title (The name of the record)
- Offices of the National Insurance Commissioners and the Social Security Commissioners: Commissioners' Decisions, General (CG Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1948-1984
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Description (What the record is about)
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Decisions of the National Insurance Commissioners and Social Security Commissioners on appeals for maternity benefit, sickness benefit, widow's benefit, guardian's allowance, mobility allowance, child's special allowance and death grants. Also included are printed 'reported' decisions on cases (including family allowances after 1959 and attendance allowances after 1972).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The records are in decision number order.
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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)
- CG file series
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 67 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 unless otherwise stated
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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
- Welfare
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5545/
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Offices of the National Insurance Commissioners and the Social Security Commissioners: Commissioners' Decisions, General (CG Series)
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