Series
Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science: Parliamentary Questions...
Catalogue reference: ED 34
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ED 34
Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science files of information drawn together for the purpose of providing answers to Parliamentary questions addressed to the Secretary of State for Education and Science in the House of...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ED 34
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science: Parliamentary Questions and Answers, Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1944-1992
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Description (What the record is about)
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Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science files of information drawn together for the purpose of providing answers to Parliamentary questions addressed to the Secretary of State for Education and Science in the House of Commons, and HM Government in the House of Lords on education matters.
A small number of papers concern questions addressed to the Prime Minister and other ministers.
Briefs prepared for answering Parliamentary Questions and Supplementary Questions are based on administrative and professional advice usually recorded on the relevant subject series of registered papers. Where such material is not readily available, or it is recorded solely on the series of Parliamentary Questions Papers, the latter, since 1945, have been preserved.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order under questions put down in the House of Lords and in the House of Commons.
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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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- Department of Education and Science, 1964-1992
- Ministry of Education, 1944-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 358 file(s)
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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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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Items selected often relate to controversial matters, in those cases where the information could not easily be obtained from the registered files series.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6833/
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Within the department: ED
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Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science: Parliamentary Questions and Answers, Files