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Series
Department of Education and Science: Finance Branch: Registered Files (F Series)
Catalogue reference: ED 261
What's it about?
ED 261
Registered files of the Finance Branch of the Department of Education and Science. Files cover subjects including: public expenditure policy on museums and galleries, Arts Council, British Library and educational buildings; correspondence with...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ED 261
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Education and Science: Finance Branch: Registered Files (F Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1968-2002
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Description (What the record is about)
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Registered files of the Finance Branch of the Department of Education and Science.
Files cover subjects including: public expenditure policy on museums and galleries, Arts Council, British Library and educational buildings; correspondence with local authorities relating to educational expenditure; correspondence on the abolition of admission charges for museums and galleries; Rate Support Grant; educational building controls; financing of student unions; Public Expenditure Survey Committee (PESC) proposal for the reduction of expenditure on education (1971-1975); Russell Committee on Adult Education; school building programmes; devolution to Scotland and Wales of educational services; higher education into the 1990s; school meals services; education provision for 16 to 19 year olds; effects of public expenditure cuts; university teachers' pay; overseas students fees; Council of Local Education Authorities Expenditure Steering Group for Education Services.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
In file 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)
- F 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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Committee on Adult Education, 1969-1972
- Department for Education, 1992-1995
- Department for Education and Employment, 1995-2001
- Department for Education and Skills, 2001-2007
- Department of Education and Science, 1964-1992
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 344 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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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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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7060/
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