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Catalogue description Development Commission and the Rural Development Commission: Rural Development Areas and Predecessors: Maps
| Reference: | D 14 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Development Commission and the Rural Development Commission: Rural Development Areas and Predecessors: Maps |
| Description: |
This series contains maps of Areas of Pull, Special Investment Areas, Pockets of Need, Rural Development Areas, Coalfield Closure Areas and the Countryside Employment Programme, which were designated as areas of need by the Development Commission and its agencies. |
| Date: | 1970-1994 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 45 flat sheets and rolls |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
In 2000 Rural Development Commission |
| Selection and destruction information: | Acquisition policy criteria 2.2.1.5 and 2.2.2.1 |
| Accruals: | No future accruals expected |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
In order to target its resources on the rural areas of greatest economic and social need, the Rural Development Commission established a system of priority areas in the 1960s known as Trigger areas. These were then expanded into Areas of Pull in 1970, Special Investment areas in 1975 and Pockets of Need in 1977. The Rural Development Areas were first introduced in June 1984 based on a review of data from the 1981 Census of Population and other local information. In 1989 two Rural Coalfield Areas were introduced in the East Midlands, followed by three Countryside Employment Programme Pilot Areas in May 1992. In 1992/3 the Commission undertook a comprehensive review of these priority areas, based on socio-economic indicators and other local information about current and prospective problems. This led to the Rural Development Areas being re-designated in 1994. |
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