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Ministry of Housing and Local Government: Housing Division: Registered Files (H Series)
Catalogue reference: HLG 117
What's it about?
HLG 117
Policy files of the Housing Division of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government re-registered from the 92000 and 99000 series, relating to housing finance, management and production; local authority housing programmes and slum clearance;...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HLG 117
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Housing and Local Government: Housing Division: Registered Files (H Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1942-1973
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Description (What the record is about)
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Policy files of the Housing Division of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government re-registered from the 92000 and 99000 series, relating to housing finance, management and production; local authority housing programmes and slum clearance; improvement grants; research and development into housing design; building regulations and rent control. The series also contains minutes and papers of the Central Housing Advisory Committee and its subcommittees, from 1959 until its final meeting in 1973.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The series is arranged by subject which is defined by the numerical arrangement of the second and third elements of the former reference.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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and those in the 99000 series in HLG 102
It is not possible to identify the original provenance in the files due to re-registration and department changes. For ealier material see: HLG 36 HLG 37
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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)
- H 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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- 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)
- 204 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- 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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Division B had responsibilities for housing matters in Greater London, the South East and East Anglia, improvement grants, research and development into house design, building regulations and rent control, and consisted of branches H1, H5, H6, H8 and H10.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8812/
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