Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Economic Policy Division II and successors: Registered Files, Taxation, Credits and Loans (AN Series)

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Details of MAF 366
Reference: MAF 366
Title: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Economic Policy Division II and successors: Registered Files, Taxation, Credits and Loans (AN Series)
Description:

The series deals with agricultural and horticultural credit and taxation, particularly Selective Employment Tax (SET). Subjects include provision of credit for farmers through the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (established by the Agricultural Credits Act 1928), the Agricultural Credit Corporation (set up by the NFU) and the Agricultural Finance Federation; loans to assist amalgamations and boundary adjustments under the Agriculture Act 1967 section 28; and refunds under the Selective Employment Payments Act 1966.

Many early files have pre-1966 papers annexed from the EF (economics of farming) series: MAF 283
Date: 1932-1977
Arrangement:

MAF 366 is arranged in former reference order within these accessions: pieces 1-113; 114.
Related material:

There are some early files (1922-1934) on agricultural credit in MAF 34
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: AN file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Agricultural and Horticultural Co-operation Division, 1968-1969

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Co-operation and Labour Division, 1969-1972

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Economic Policy Division II, 1965-1968

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Economic Policy Division IV, 1966-1968

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, General Agricultural Policy II Division, 1968-1977

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Livestock Improvement, Forestry and Labour Division, 1971-1974
Physical description: 116 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Custodial history: The series was first used by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Economic Policy Division II, 1966-1968, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Agricultural and Horticultural Co-operation Division, 1968-1969, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Co-operation and Labour Division, 1969-1972, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Livestock Improvement, Forestry and Labour Division, 1971-, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Economic Policy Division IV, 1967-1968, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, General Agricultural Policy Division II, 1968-1977.
Accumulation dates: 1966 to 1986
Administrative / biographical background:

Selective Employment Tax was introduced by the Finance Act 1966, and abolished (from April 1973) by the Finance Act 1972. The Selective Employment Payments Act allowed refunds to employers engaged in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, fishing, etc.

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