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Catalogue description Ministry of Fuel and Power, Coal Division, and Successors: Registered Files (COAL Series)
| Reference: | POWE 52 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Ministry of Fuel and Power, Coal Division, and Successors: Registered Files (COAL Series) |
| Description: |
This series contains records raised by the Coal Division of the Ministry of Power and the Ministry of Technology and covers all aspects of Coal Division work from 1962. Files deal with topics such as the ministry's fuel policy in general and involvement with the nationalised coal industry. There are files on the National Coal Board's colliery closure programme and on coal industry legislation, including the administration of the Opencast Coal Act 1958. There are also a number of files on the Aberfan pit disaster. The series was opened in 1962 at the time of radical changes in arrangements for financing operational expenditure required by the Coal Industry Act 1962, which amended s.27 of the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946. |
| Date: | 1952-1973 |
| Related material: |
For later COAL series files see FV 38 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | COAL Series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Department of Trade and Industry, Coal Division, 1970-1974 Ministry of Fuel and Power, Coal Division, 1942-1957 Ministry of Power, Coal Division, 1957-1969 Ministry of Technology, Coal Division, 1969-1970 |
| Physical description: | 484 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1992 to 1994 Department of the Environment |
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