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Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Emergency Services Divisions: Registered Files, Emergency Feeding (EMF Series)
| Reference: | MAF 357 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Emergency Services Divisions: Registered Files, Emergency Feeding (EMF Series) |
| Description: |
Records of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food relating to provisions for emergency feeding outside London. Most selected files relate to the direction and financing of emergency feeding organisation under the Civil Defence (Emergency Feeding) Regulations 1951 and Civil Defence (Grant) Regulations 1953, but the series includes one file on emergency feeding during the Aberfan disaster. Some files relate to civic restaurants. |
| Date: | 1943-1974 |
| Related material: |
Files dealing with emergency feeding in London are in the EML file series; see MAF 330 |
| Separated material: |
Earlier files in the EMF series are in MAF 99 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | EMF file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Defence, Emergencies and Crop Improvement Division, 1970-1974 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Emergency Services and Defence Division, 1964-1970 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Emergency Services Division, 1960-1964 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Emergency Services Division II, 1955-1960 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Miscellaneous and Manufactured Foods and Emergency Services II, 1957-1957 Ministry of Food, Emergency Meals, 1943-1973 |
| Physical description: | 45 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1995 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food |
| Accumulation dates: | 1951 onwards |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Civil Defence (Emergency Feeding) Regulations 1951, made under the Civil Defence Act 1948, placed on the councils of counties and county boroughs of England and Wales responsibility for making plans to feed members of the civil population who, as a result of hostile action, are unable to feed themselves. The Civil Defence (Grant) Regulations 1953 provided that approved expenditure by these authorities should be repaid in full. The Civic Restaurants Act 1947 enabled local authorities to operate restaurants, under the financial supervision of the Minister of Food. Responsibility for civic restaurant work was moved in 1970 to General Food Policy Division II (EB series). |
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