Catalogue description HM Treasury: Public Services Sector, Defence Policy and Materiel Group, Defence Policy Materiel and Aircraft Division: Records (DAS series)

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Reference: T 434
Title: HM Treasury: Public Services Sector, Defence Policy and Materiel Group, Defence Policy Materiel and Aircraft Division: Records (DAS series)
Description:

Records in this series concern HM Treasury defence, British Army, Royal Navy and aircraft industry policy. Records comprise procurement policies, specifications and establishment of air systems to be used for defence purposes, discussions with suppliers and other countries regarding defence systems, especially air defence systems.
Date: 1981
Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically and by file prefix order
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: DAS series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Treasury, Public Services Sector, 1975-1983
Physical description: 5 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

from 2013 Treasury
Custodial history: HM Treasury, 1 Horseguards Road, Whitehall, London.
Accumulation dates: 1981 to 1989
Selection and destruction information: OSP12: Central direction and oversight of policy. OSP15: Control of central government expenditure.
Accruals: Series is accruing.
Administrative / biographical background:

Defence Policy, Materiel and Aircraft Division was created in 1981 under the Defence Policy and Materiel Group and thereunder the HM Treasury's Public Service Sector. Its staff complement was originally an Assistant Secretary, Principal (Defence policy), Principal (Army policy), Principal (Royal Navy policy) and Principal (aircraft industry). Under the Defence Policy and Materiel Group, it had a sibling division entitled the Defence Materiel (Pay, Miscellaneous Services) Division of whose records have not been selected for preservation. The Division is known to have existed to 1990.

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