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Ministry of Health and successors: Housing Department, later Division: Housing Proposals...
Catalogue reference: HLG 49
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HLG 49
General and local authority files of the Local Government Board, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Housing and Local Government and the Department of the Environment relating to measures taken by Parliament, local authorities, housing...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HLG 49
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Health and successors: Housing Department, later Division: Housing Proposals and Schemes, Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1905-1971
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Description (What the record is about)
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General and local authority files of the Local Government Board, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Housing and Local Government and the Department of the Environment relating to measures taken by Parliament, local authorities, housing associations and other bodies for the planned development of housing programmes and schemes. Papers relate to proposals and plans for housing and town development, acquisition of land, loan sanctions, district valuers' and surveyors' reports etc.
The series includes files from the 92,000 series (HLG 101).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For related registers of sealed documents of the Welsh Board of Health, see BD 35
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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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- Ministry of Health, Housing Department, 1919-1951
- Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Housing Division, 1951-1964
- Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Housing Division A, 1964-1970
- Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Housing Division B, 1964-1970
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1520 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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
- Housing
- Local Government
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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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With the passing of the Housing, Town Planning etc. Act 1919, housing became a statutory duty for all local authorities in England and Wales, who were required to submit to the minister detailed surveys of housing conditions and needs in their districts and to forward outline proposals for housing and town development.
Various Acts were passed between 1919 and 1938 to encourage local authorities in their housing programmes and to secure that the operations of the private developer harmonised with the public needs.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8744/
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Ministry of Health and successors: Housing Department, later Division: Housing Proposals and Schemes, Registered Files
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