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Home Office: Miscellaneous (MSC Symbol Series) Files

Catalogue reference: HO 342

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HO 342

Files from the Home Office MSC (Miscellaneous) series, used for matters not covered by the other symbol series, including the appointment of Lords Lieutenant and High Sheriffs, commemoration days, consumer protection policy, helicopter rescue...

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Reference

HO 342

Title
Home Office: Miscellaneous (MSC Symbol Series) Files
Date

1952-2003

Description

Files from the Home Office MSC (Miscellaneous) series, used for matters not covered by the other symbol series, including the appointment of Lords Lieutenant and High Sheriffs, commemoration days, consumer protection policy, helicopter rescue services, arrangements for the funeral of Sir Winston Churchill and the Isles of Scilly and Lundy. The series also contains the records of the Departmental Committee on Human Artificial Insemination, 1958-1960, including a copy of its report.

Note

This is a shared series and pieces 452-455 will be transferred at a later date

Arrangement
Arrangement

The inclusion of a date preceding or following a file number (eg MSC (1961)250/5/1) indicates that the year in which the file is supposed to have been created, but often it only indicates the year in which the first sub file was raised on a particular subject.

Related material

For further records on consumer protection see JF 1

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

MSC Symbol file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Home Office, 1782-1782
Physical description

459 file(s)

Access conditions

Open unless otherwise stated

Immediate source of acquisition

From 1988 Home Office

Accruals

Series is accruing

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9206/

Catalogue hierarchy

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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

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Home Office: Miscellaneous (MSC Symbol Series) Files