Catalogue description Criminal Legislation (CL series)

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Details of HO 558
Reference: HO 558
Title: Criminal Legislation (CL series)
Description:

This series contains records relate to Draft clauses, submissions, work on Statutory Instruments and bills, high level minutes of meetings involving Ministers and Secretary of State at which their views were expressed and high level work on government responses to consultations and significant international events

Date: 1986-2001
Arrangement:

The files are arranged via date order (oldest first) and are also arranged by original prefix/file number order (lowest first)

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

Home Office, 1782-

Home Office, Criminal Department, 1983-1986

Home Office, Criminal Policy Department, 1987-

Physical description: 98 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2020 Ministry of Justice

Custodial history: The records were created in the Home Office and then ownership transferred to the Ministry of Justice in 2007
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

Division 1 within the Home Office, specifically criminal policy and legislation creation and development

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