Series
Department of Education and Science and successors: Press Office: Press Notices entitled...
Catalogue reference: ED 229
What's it about?
ED 229
Press releases produced by the Press Office of the Department of Education and Science and successors.They cover a wide range of subjects, including work carried out by the department and other educational bodies and any reforms or changes within...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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ED 229
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Education and Science and successors: Press Office: Press Notices entitled DES News
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Date (When the record was created)
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1988-1996
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Description (What the record is about)
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Press releases produced by the Press Office of the Department of Education and Science and successors.
They cover a wide range of subjects, including work carried out by the department and other educational bodies and any reforms or changes within the department.
These press releases were distributed to the Education Ministers, education correspondence in the media, and the Central Office of Information (COI).
ED 229/58 and ED 229/107 contain indexes to the contents of the series.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Chronological. The news sheets are filled in the order in which they were numbered and released.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Establishment Minutes and Notices in ED 141
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department for Education and Employment, 1995-2001
- Department for Education, Press Office, 1992-1995
- Department of Education and Science, Press Office, 1964-1992
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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107 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1998 Department for Education and Employment
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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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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All reports commissioned by the Secretary of State for Education, bulletins and leaflets produced by the department were advertised as a press release, and they reflect very strongly the official Departmental attitude.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7028/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: ED
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Department of Education and Science and successors: Press Office: Press Notices entitled DES News