Catalogue description British Transport Commission and British Railways Board: Management Recruitment and Training: Records

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Reference: AN 212
Title: British Transport Commission and British Railways Board: Management Recruitment and Training: Records
Description:

Records of policy in recruitment, including recruitment of women and university graduates, and training; including the Youth Opportunities Programme and community projects, training committee minutes, reports of training institutions, and discussion of the need for skills and training.
Date: 1949-1984
Arrangement:

In original file reference order.
Related material:

Personnel Department records AN 174

Industrial Relations Department records AN 171
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

British Railways Board, Controller of Management Services, 1969-
Physical description: 74 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure
Immediate source of acquisition:

In 2004 BRB (Residuary) Ltd
Custodial history: Records created by the Railway Executive of the British Transport Commission and by the British Railways Board. Passed by the Board to British Railways Board (Residuary) Ltd in February 2001.
Accumulation dates: File series ran from 1949 to 1984
Selection and destruction information: Selected to illustrate the economic, social and demographic condition of the UK. Selected records include minutes of committees, and policy records relating to staff recruitment, training (including training of training officers) and training institutions and courses.
Accruals: Series is not accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The records were created in the offices of successive staff and establishment officers from the Chief Officer (Staff and Establishment) to the Manpower Advisor, British Transport Commission and the Chief Management Staff Officer, and the succeeding Controller of Management Services, in the British Railways Board.

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