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Series
Ministry of Technology: Finance and Machine Tools Division and successors: Registered...
Catalogue reference: HF 12
What's it about?
HF 12
These files cover general financial matters as well as dealing with particular industries. Topics include Estimates Committee, the Official Committee on Technology and the Shipbuilding Inquiry Committee Report (Cmnd 2937, 1966) (Geddes...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HF 12
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Technology: Finance and Machine Tools Division and successors: Registered Files (F Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1956-1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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These files cover general financial matters as well as dealing with particular industries. Topics include Estimates Committee, the Official Committee on Technology and the Shipbuilding Inquiry Committee Report (Cmnd 2937, 1966) (Geddes Report).
The F file series appears to be an early file prefix used by Mintech's finance divisions and which did not survive past the first few years of Mintech's lifetime.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 6 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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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
- Manufacturing
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- The report was published by HMSO as The Shipbuilding Inquiry Committee Report (Cmnd 2937, 1966) (Geddes Report).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8687/
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