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Department of Economic Affairs: Industrial Policy Group: Registered Files (1-IG and...

Catalogue reference: EW 26

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EW 26

Files in the series include subjects such as: the Industrial Reorganisation Corporation (IRC); nationalised industries (including iron and steel); fuel and North Sea gas policy; industrial monopolies and mergers policy; the National Economic...

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EW 26

Title
Department of Economic Affairs: Industrial Policy Group: Registered Files (1-IG and 2-IG Series)
Date

1964-1969

Description

Files in the series include subjects such as: the Industrial Reorganisation Corporation (IRC); nationalised industries (including iron and steel); fuel and North Sea gas policy; industrial monopolies and mergers policy; the National Economic Development Council (NEDC); economic development committees (EDCs); the Investment Grants Steering Group; the Industrial Assessment Steering Group (IASG); and the Capenhurst Project (UNCLE) for a combined aluminium smelter and diffusion plant.

Arrangement
Arrangement

This series loosely follows the original numerical sequence of the creating body. The files in the series are registered both alphabetically (confined to the 1-IG Series) and numerically. They include some which were taken over from the Industrial Division and which were originally opened between 1965 and 1968.

  • 1-IG Series:
  • 1965 files: pieces 1-2
  • 1966 files: pieces 3-6
  • 1967 files: pieces 7-13, 130
  • 1968 files: pieces 14-39, 54-64
  • 1969 files: pieces 40-53
  • 2-IG Series:
  • 1968 files: pieces 65-91
  • 1969 files: pieces 92-129

The prefixes 1-IG and 2-IG seem to have been used indiscriminately and so it is no longer possible to say what subjects were dealt with under each prefix.

Related material

Related files of the Industrial Reorganisation Corporations can be found in EW 2

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

IG file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Department of Economic Affairs, Industrial Policy Group, 1964-1964
Physical description

130 file(s)

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

Immediate source of acquisition

From 1990 Department of the Environment

Subjects
Topics
Trade and commerce
Oil and gas
Iron, steel and metals
Custodial history

Responsibility transferred from the Department of Economic Affairs to the Ministry of Technology, and then to the Department of the Environment

Accruals

No future accruals expected

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7181/

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