Catalogue description Home Office: Security Planning

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Details of HO 532
Reference: HO 532
Title: Home Office: Security Planning
Description:

The subjects covered in this series relate to national security and counter-terrorism, including security threats to the United Kingdom as well as the planning of civil defence and emergency preparedness measures. eries consists of policy work relating to the interception of communications. The records deal with the Home Office's input to legislation and contains high-level policy related to the Security Service Act 1989 and the Interception of Communications Act 1985 and administration related to the Security Services Act 1989 and 1996 and Home Office-related elements of the Intelligence Services Act 1994.

Other subjects include the Home Secretary's statutory relationship with the Security Service, the activities of individuals known or suspected to be involved in espionage for a hostile foreign intelligence service, the defection and/or political asylum of individuals working for hostile foreign intelligence services, publications which caused concern for the government of the day including publications by individuals alleged to be previous employees of the Security and Intelligence Agencies, committee meetings, Welsh extremists and documents related to security matters in India and Northern Ireland.
Note: HO 323/128 has been transferred out of sequence (in advance of pieces 13-127).
Date: 1919-1995
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: SPL, WU, ISLU
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Home Office, Organised and International Crime Directorate, 1996-

Home Office, Police Department (F Division), 1918-
Physical description: 13 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2015 Home Office
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The original creating department was the Police Department that included responsibility for areas dealing with public order, terrorism, subversive activities, firearms, home defence, arming the police and security of explosives.

In 1996 the Intelligence and Security Liaison Unit (ISLU), part of the Organised and International Crime directorate, was set up to deal with the administration of the Communications Act 1985, the Security Service Act 1989 and 1996, Home Office interest in the Intelligence Services Act 1994 and to undertake legislative review.

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