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Ministry of National Insurance and successors: Industrial Injuries, Registered Files...
This series consists of files of the Ministry of National Insurance and successors relating to the drafting and administration of the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1946 and its supporting regulations.Also included are applications to m…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1941-2005
- Reference
- PIN 21
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Ministry of Home Security: 'O' Division: Correspondence and Papers
Papers of the division set up within the Air Raid Precautions Department in January 1939 to deal with matters relating to the provision of air raid shelters.
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1934-1956
- Reference
- HO 205
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Home Office and Ministry of Home Security: Civil Defence Regions, Headquarters and...
Files of correspondence and papers of Regional Commissioners and their officers relating to the co-ordination of civil defence and related services and to preparations for dealing with civil emergencies, including invasion. Most of the files are draw…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1930-1957
- Reference
- HO 207
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Department of the Environment: Planning, Regional and Minerals Directorate: Registered...
This series contains registered files of the Planning, Regional and Minerals Directorate.The files relate to the payment of grants for the rehabilitation of derelict land and derelict land policy, and also include some papers on the Aberfan tip disas…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1944-1978
- Reference
- AT 48
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General Nursing Council for England and Wales: Registrar: Correspondence and Papers,...
Correspondence with members of the General Nursing Council for England and Wales and its statutory committees, plus collections of the papers of Sir Joseph Priestley and Dame Ellen Musson, chairman of the council in 1920-1921 and 1926-1943 respective…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1920-1983
- Reference
- DT 20
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Welsh Office: Tribunal of Inquiry into the Aberfan Disaster 1966: Records
This series contains the records of the Tribunal of Inquiry into the Aberfan Disaster of 1966.The records include copies of all the written evidence presented to the tribunal, experts' reports, statements of evidence, the verbatim notes made by the T…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1876-1968
- Reference
- BD 52
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Welsh Office and predecessors: Local Authorities, General Policy and Case Files (LA...
This series contains two distinct types of files: general and policy files, and individual case files, relating to the involvement of central government in local government environmental and public health services in Wales. They deal with the approva…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1854-1985
- Reference
- BD 11
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Board of Trade and successors: Office for Wales: Registered Files (G Series)
The files in this series cover all aspects of the work of the Board of Trade and successor's regional office for Wales, including a wide range of general and geographical policy matters, together with some casework, concerning industrial development …
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1943-1998
- Reference
- BD 41
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National Coal Board: Chairman's Office: Aberfan Tip Disaster Correspondence and Papers
The records in this series cover the correspondence to the Chairman of the National Coal Board on the subject of the Aberfan disaster of October 1966, and subsequent events. This included the debate over whether the chairman should resign. There are …
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1966-1972
- Reference
- COAL 73
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Piper Alpha Public Inquiry: Records
This series contains the records of the public inquiry, chaired by The Hon Lord Cullen between 11 November 1988 and 15 February 1990, into the accident on the Piper Alpha offshore drilling platform.The records comprise: the transcript of the proceedi…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1971-1990
- Reference
- EG 5
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Department of Health: Civil Emergencies: Aftermath of Major Disasters: Registered...
This series contains files regarding the coping of major civil emergencies, including the issue of guidance
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1987-2009
- Reference
- JA 450
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Transport Ministries: Loss of MV Derbyshire ; Deep Ocean Survey Records
This series contains Deep Ocean Survey Records concerning the loss of MV Derbyshire and includes Lord Donaldson's 1995 Assessment, which recommended a return survey, and the Report of that survey addressed to the Secretary of State and the European …
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1995-1998
- Reference
- MT 202
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Ministry of Transport and successors, Port and Transit: Correspondence and Papers
This series consists of correspondence and papers of the Directorate of Shipping in Port of the Ministry of Shipping, and the Port and Transit Control organisation of the Ministries of Transport and War Transport.The series also contains papers of ov…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1915-1957
- Reference
- MT 63
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Transport Ministries: Re-opened Formal Investigation into the Loss of MV Derbyshire
This series includes the report and presentations to the re-opened Formal Investigation into the loss of MV Derbyshire.
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1955-2000
- Reference
- MT 203
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Transport Ministries: Lord Donaldson's Inquiry into the Loss of MV Derbyshire , LDI...
This series contains files of the secretariat of Lord Donaldson's Inquiry into the Loss of MV Derbyshire.
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1969-2000
- Reference
- MT 209
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Livestock Commission
Records of the Cattle Emergency Committee, July 1934, the Cattle Committee, 1934 to 1937, the Livestock Commission, 1937 to 1939, and of the Livestock Advisory Committee and sub-committees, including reports and minutes of proceedings, confirmed orde…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1933-1946
- Reference
- MAF 31
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Ministry of Overseas Development and Overseas Development Administration: Disaster...
This series contains records of the Disaster Unit dealing with the Ministry's (later the Administration's) preparedness for major disasters, including: monitoring the development of disasters and research into disaster situations; co-ordinating UK go…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1973-1987
- Reference
- OD 69
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Overseas Development Administration and successors: Disaster and Refugee Units and...
This series contains records dealing with disaster preparedness and relief - in particular, liaison with the Ministry of Defence, other UK Government Departments and International Organisations on emergency relief and other humanitarian disaster issu…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1987-1995
- Reference
- OD 142
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Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: Building Research Station: Correspondence...
These are mainly files of the Building Research Station. The series also includes minutes of the Building Research Station Steering Committee; files of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research relating to building research, a few files of…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1828-1992
- Reference
- DSIR 4
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Home Office: Air Raid Precautions Department, Committee on Structural Precautions...
Minutes, circulated papers and reports of the Committee on Structural Precautions against Air Attack and its various sub-committees.
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1936-1939
- Reference
- HO 211