Catalogue description Department of Transport: Public Transport London: Registered Files (PTL and PTLO series)

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Reference: LM 5
Title: Department of Transport: Public Transport London: Registered Files (PTL and PTLO series)
Description:

This series comprises policy material on the higher level of financial oversight of London Regional Transport and policy on bus service deregulation.
Date: 1985-2000
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: PTL and PTLO files series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department of Transport, 1976-1997
Physical description: 110 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2015 Department for Transport
Custodial history: Department of Transport 1989 to 1997; Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions 1997 to 2001; Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions 2001 to 2002; Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 2002 to 2006; Department for Transport 2006 to date.
Accumulation dates: 1987 onwards
Selection and destruction information: As most of the material was financial casework, not many files survived for second review.
Accruals: Series is accruing.
Administrative / biographical background:

Public Transport London Division was formed in 1987 with responsibility for public transport policy in London and sponsorship of London Regional Transport (LRT).

In 1990 the Division was divided into two one dealing with rail aspects and the other with sponsorship of LRT.

By 1994 PTL had become a Directorate still comprising the two divisions one dealing with LRT and one with railway related matters, the latter division dealing with major rail projects that were not exclusively British Railways undertakings.

In 1996 the Directorate disappeared and the divisions became part of the Urban and Local Transport Directorate.

In 1997 it became the London Transport Division and in 1999 the Division moved to the Government Office for London again becoming a Directorate with the customary two divisions split between sponsorship and rail projects; those files that were taken to the GO had an 'O' added to the prefix.

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