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Reference
(The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HLG 154
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Title
(The name of the record)
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Ministry of Housing and Local Government and Department of the Environment: Local Government Finance Division and Successor: Registered Files (FIN Series)
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Date
(When the record was created)
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1939-1977
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Description
(What the record is about)
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These records of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government and Department of the Environment's Local Government Finance Division and successor document the administration of local government finance. They include internal minutes and memoranda and correspondence.
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Arrangement
(Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The records are arranged in original file reference order within each transfer.
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Related material
(A cross-reference to other related records)
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For further records on local government finance see:
AT 30
AT 37
AT 47
AT 53
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Separated material
(A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Some files from this series were re-registered into Department of the Environment series: see
AT 44
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Held by
(Who holds the record)
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The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference
(Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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FIN file 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 the Environment, Finance Divisions, 1970-1976
- Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Local Government Division and Local Government Finance Division, 1951-1970
- Ministry of Local Government and Planning, 1951-1951
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Physical description
(The amount and form of the record)
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236 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 2002 Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
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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
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Government finances
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Custodial history
(Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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Transferred from the Department of the Environment to the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions in 1997
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Accumulation dates
(The dates the record was accumulated)
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Series ran from 1951 to 1974
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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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Selection and destruction information
(Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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Records have been selected for permanent preservation according to the principles set out in the Department of the Environment OSP, Housing, Section 4.1. These include files on the following topics; policy on the introduction and administration of rent rebates and the rate support grant, and the implications of selective employment tax (SET). Records relating to routine casework and public correspondence have not been preserved. A maximum of 35m of records dating up to 1974 remain to be appraised. The proportion which will justify permanent preservation is unknown.
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Record URL
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8849/