Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Sheep and Livestock Division: Registered Files (MNM Series)

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Details of MAF 441
Reference: MAF 441
Title: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Sheep and Livestock Division: Registered Files (MNM Series)
Description:

This series contains records relating to the administration of the Milk, Non-Marketing and Conversion Premium Scheme in the UK.

The preserved record is the original Ministerial submissions seeking agreement to proposed conditions for operating the scheme including eligibility and financial provisions.
Date: 1977-1980
Arrangement:

Records are arranged alpha-numerically according to their file reference.
Related material:

Files of Dairy Herd Conversion Scheme are in MAF 432
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: MNM series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Sheep and Livestock Subsidies Division, 1973-1997
Physical description: 2 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

from 2014 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Custodial history: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) became custodians of the series in 2002 when the newly formed department replaced MAFF.
Accumulation dates: 1977 to present
Selection and destruction information: Selected under Acquisition Policy criterion 2.2.2.2, documenting the impact of the state on the environment.
Accruals: Series is accruing.
Administrative / biographical background:

The Sheep and Livestock Division was established in 1973 following accession to the EC. The Division has been responsible for UK policy on sheep, goats and wool, the application of support schemes, especially for hill farmers and livestock extensification. In 1998 accountability switched to the Milk, Pigs, Eggs and Poultry Division.

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