Catalogue description HM Treasury: Public Finance (Sector) and successors: Banking and Consumer Credit (BNK prefix): Registered Files

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Reference: T 555
Title: HM Treasury: Public Finance (Sector) and successors: Banking and Consumer Credit (BNK prefix): Registered Files
Description:

The files relate to policy work concerning the regulation of financial institutions within the United Kingdom and its dependencies.
Date: 1985-1994
Arrangement:

The records are atrranged chronologically in file prefix order.
Related material:

See also:

T 326

T 443

T 160
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: BNK prefix
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Treasury, Public Finance, 1984-1994
Physical description: 589 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2017 Treasury
Accumulation dates: 1987 to 1995
Selection and destruction information: S.3.1.1 - RCP - The government's management of the UK economy.
Accruals: Series is accruing.
Administrative / biographical background:

To 1985, policy records concerning financial institutions were created under the Domestic Economy Sector, Home Finance Group, Financial Institutions Division. From 1985, a new Public Finance [sector] was introduced. Banking policy matters were managed under this sector by the Home Finance Group and there under the Financial Institutions Division. The organisational titles had changed by1986 to the Financial Institutions and Markets Group, Banking Division; still under the same sector. In 1992 the Division name changed to the Banking and Mutuals Division.

The function of the Division was: all business with the government's banker; The Bank of England; the prudential supervision of all banks and deposit taking institutions; National Girobank; European Community banking legislation; proposed banking supervision legislation; building societies, Building Societies Commission and the Registry of Friendly Societies; National Loans Fund policy and Societies; currency and coinage and The Royal Mint.

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