Catalogue description Treasury, Ministry of Technology, Board of Trade and successor: Development Areas Treasury Advisory Committee and successors: Minutes and Papers

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Reference: BT 187
Title: Treasury, Ministry of Technology, Board of Trade and successor: Development Areas Treasury Advisory Committee and successors: Minutes and Papers
Description:

Minutes, general and case papers and correspondence of the committee known successively as the Development Areas Treasury Advisory Committee, Board of Trade Advisory Committee, Ministry of Technology Advisory Committee and Local Employment Acts Financial Advisory Committee.

The papers concern applications for financial assistance from companies moving to development areas and fall into three distinct categories: the minutes of the Committee meetings at which the applications were considered; case papers and correspondence arising from applications, including specimens of the briefs prepared for presentation at the Committee meetings; general papers covering various aspects of procedure and policy concerning the workings of the Advisory Committee.
Date: 1945-1973
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See also the records of the Distribution of Industry Divisions:

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Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Board of Trade, Board of Trade Advisory Committee, 1960-1969

Department of Trade and Industry, Local Employment Acts Financial Advisory Committee, 1970-1973

Ministry of Technology, Ministry of Technology Advisory Committee, 1970-1970

Treasury, Development Areas Treasury Advisory Committee, 1945-1960
Physical description: 79 files and volumes
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure
Administrative / biographical background:

The Advisory Committee was established under the Distribution of Industry Act, 1945, and subsequent legislation culminating with the Local Employment Act, 1972, to advise successively the Treasury, Board of Trade, Ministry of Technology and Department of Trade and Industry on applications for financial assistance by way of grants and loans from companies working to expand in or move to development areas.

Originally known as the Development Areas Treasury Advisory Committee (DATAC), its name later changed to Board of Trade Advisory Committee (BOTAC), Ministry of Technology Advisory Committee (MOTAC), and finally Local Employment Acts Financial Advisory Committee (LEAFAC).

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