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 11
What's it about?
CT 11
National Insurance Commissioners' and Social Security Commissioners' registered files of background papers on selected appeals for sickness benefits. Both starred and unstarred files are included, the starred files being those recommended by the...
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 11
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Title (The name of the record)
- Offices of the National Insurance Commissioners and the Social Security Commissioners: Sickness Benefit, Registered Files (CS Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1948-1986
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Description (What the record is about)
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National Insurance Commissioners' and Social Security Commissioners' registered files of background papers on selected appeals for sickness benefits. Both starred and unstarred files are included, the starred files being those recommended by the commissioners to the chief commissioner for reporting.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Cases relating to Wales have the former reference CWS and those relating to Scotland, CSS.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Ministry of National Insurance files concerning sickness benefits are in PIN 35
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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)
- CS 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)
- 338 file(s)
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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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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- No files were selected for the years 1965-1977.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5554/
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Offices of the National Insurance Commissioners and the Social Security Commissioners: Sickness Benefit, Registered Files (CS Series)
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