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Home Office: Statistical Branch: Files (R Series) and Registers

Catalogue reference: HO 329

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HO 329

This series contains files of the Home Office Statistical Branch covering the period 1834-1957, as well as registers of correspondence for the period 1929-1958.The subjects covered relate to the responsibilities of the Statistical Branch,...

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HO 329

Title
Home Office: Statistical Branch: Files (R Series) and Registers
Date

1834-1960

Description

This series contains files of the Home Office Statistical Branch covering the period 1834-1957, as well as registers of correspondence for the period 1929-1958.

The subjects covered relate to the responsibilities of the Statistical Branch, particularly for the collation and publication of judicial, criminal and licensing statistics.

The R series of files was superseded in 1959.

Arrangement
Arrangement

The papers in the series are arranged in numerical order by departmental file number.

Related material

Later records of the Statistical Branch, including some papers dating from 1957, are contained in the STA series files in HO 332

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

R file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Home Office, Chief Clerks Department, 1782-1865
  • Home Office, Criminal Department, 1793-1913
  • Home Office, Domestic Department, 1782-1913
  • Home Office, Domestic Department, Statistical Branch, 1905-1913
  • Home Office, General Department, Parliamentary and Statistical Branch, 1876-1905
  • Home Office, Parliamentary Department, Library and Parliamentary Branch, 1865-1868
  • Home Office, Parliamentary Department, Statistical Branch, 1865-1868
  • Home Office, Police and Statistical Branch, 1856-1865
  • Home Office, Statistical Branch, 1913-1968
Physical description

147 files and volumes

Access conditions

Open unless otherwise stated

Publication note(s)
Whilst a few statistics are quoted in the files, most were destined for publication by HMSO and will need to be found in such published material.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9193/

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Home Office: Statistical Branch: Files (R Series) and Registers