Catalogue description Department of Trade and Industry and Welsh Office: Office for Wales and Industry Department: Registered Files (A Series)

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Details of BD 93
Reference: BD 93
Title: Department of Trade and Industry and Welsh Office: Office for Wales and Industry Department: Registered Files (A Series)
Description:

The file series originated in the Office for Wales of the Department of Trade and Industry. When responsibility for industrial matters passed to the Welsh Office in 1975, the series was inherited by the Industry Department which continued to use it until 1995. Selected files relate to individual firms that have had a major impact on the development of industry in Wales. These include the nuclear powers stations at Trawsfynydd and Wylva, the Hoover factories at Merthyr Tydfil and open cast mining around Carmarthen.

Date: 1967-1995
Related material:

The file series is continued in

BD 110

Separated material:

Files dated earlier than 1995 have been re-registered into

BD 110

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: A file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 72 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2001 National Assembly for Wales

Custodial history: This series originated in the Office for Wales of the Department of Trade and Industry and was passed to the Welsh Office in 1975. It was passed on to the National Assembly for Wales in 1998
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The file series originated in the Office for Wales of the Department of Trade and Industry. When responsibility for industrial matters passed to the Welsh Office in 1975, the series was inherited by the Industry Department which continued to use it until 1995.

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