Catalogue description Department of the Environment: Establishments Office Services (EOS Series) Files

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Details of AT 89
Reference: AT 89
Title: Department of the Environment: Establishments Office Services (EOS Series) Files
Description:

The files deal with the office services and establishment implications of large scale office moves or emergencies (flooding, industrial disputes, loss of electricity etc.). The emergency work appears to be closely intertwined with that of the Management Services and Defence Planning and Emergencies Division.
Date: 1971-1972
Arrangement:

Within each transfer the records are in former reference order, thereby reflecting their original administrative arrangement.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: EOS
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department of the Environment, Establishment Organisation, 1970-1976
Physical description: 4 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2005 Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Custodial history: Since the file series ceased to accumulate the records have been in the custody of Department of the Environment (1972-1997), the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1997-2001), the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions (2001-2002) and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (2002 to date).
Selection and destruction information: The records were selected on the basis that they reflect the economic, social and demographic condition of the UK, as documented by the state's dealings with individuals, communities and organisations outside its own formal boundaries (2.2.2.1).
Accruals: The series will accrue.
Administrative / biographical background:

Establishment Office Services (EOS) was established in 1971 within the Establishments and Organisation Division. The following year the work of the (EOS) was passed to the Office Services Division within the Directorate of Manpower Resources where it remained until 1978.

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