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Series
Department of Education and Science: Planning Branch and Statistics Branch, Automatic...
Catalogue reference: ED 265
What's it about?
ED 265
Files used for the projects dealt with by the Automatic Data Processing Unit (ADP) of the Department of Education and Science relating to specific projects, in particular the setting up of the Public Lending Right system. and also with ADP input...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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ED 265
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Education and Science: Planning Branch and Statistics Branch, Automatic Data Processing Unit: Registered Files (ADP Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1967-1975
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files used for the projects dealt with by the Automatic Data Processing Unit (ADP) of the Department of Education and Science relating to specific projects, in particular the setting up of the Public Lending Right system. and also with ADP input in some large projects.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
By former file reference
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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)
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ADP series
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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 of Education and Science, Planning Branch, 1965-1972
- Department of Education and Science, Statistics Branch, Automatic Data Processing Unit, 1971-1981
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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8 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 1995 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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- Topics
- Computing
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7064/
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