Catalogue description Scientific Adviser's Branch
Reference: | Division within HO |
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Title: | Scientific Adviser's Branch |
Description: |
Records of the Scientific Adviser's Branch, which was responsible for advising all government departments concerned with civil defence, and advising other divisions of the Home Office on scientific matters generally. Reports of the Branch are in HO 225 - HO 228 and its files are in HO 338 and HO 368. HO 229 contains Fission Fragments, the journal on civil defence matters issued to local authority scientific advisers. |
Date: | 1939-1981 |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
Home Office, Research and Scientific Department, 1970-1971 Home Office, Scientific Advisers Branch, 1948-1970 Home Office, Scientific Advisory Branch, 1971-1982 Ministry of Home Security, Research and Experiments Department, 1940-1945 Ministry of Works, Scientific Adviser's Division, 1945-1948 |
Physical description: | 7 series |
Administrative / biographical background: |
The Scientific Adviser's Branch of the Home Office was established in 1948, most of its staff being taken from the Scientific Advisor's Division of the Ministry of Works, which had itself originated in the Research and Experiments Department of the Ministry of Home Security. In 1970 its title changed to the Research and Scientific Department, in 1971 to the Scientific Advisory Branch, and in 1982 to the Scientific Research and Development Branch. It is responsible for advising all government departments concerned with civil defence and advising other divisions of the Home Office on scientific matters. It sponsors scientific research for the Home Office, liaises with Civil Defence Regional Scientific Advisers and Training Officers, assists in the training of Scientific Intelligence Officers, and develops computer projects relating to scientific research. |
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