Catalogue description Home Office: Children's Department and Prison Department: Children and Young Offenders (CHN symbol series) files

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Reference: HO 416
Title: Home Office: Children's Department and Prison Department: Children and Young Offenders (CHN symbol series) files
Description:

This series contains Children and Young Offenders files (CHN symbol series) of the Home Office Children's Department and Prison Department.

From 1971 Home Office files in this series relate solely to policy on treatment of young offenders, and the records were created by the Prison Department from that time.
Date: 1948-2003
Arrangement:

Files are in former reference order.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: CHN symbol series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Home Office, Childrens Department, 1949-1971

Home Office, Prison Department, 1963-
Physical description: 160 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2004 Home Office
Custodial history: CHN series was created by Children's Department. When the childcare functions of the Home Office were transferred to Department of Health and Social Security in 1971, most CHN files passed to DHSS. A few relating to the treatment of young offenders remained with the Home Office and continued to be used by the Prison Department.
Accumulation dates: File series ran from 1949
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The CHN series was used by the Home Office Children's Department which had responsibility for a wide range of issues relating to children, including guardianship, adoption, emigration, juvenile courts, remand and attendance centres. The Home Office passed the majority of responsibilities and files relating to the care of children to the Department of Health and Social Security in 1971. However the Home Office retained responsibility for policy in relation to the treatment of young offenders and the relevant CHN files continued to be used by the Prison Department. This series contains files in the CHN series which remained in use at the Home Office after the transfer of other CHN files to the DHSS.

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