Catalogue description Department of Education and Science and successors: Press Office: Press Notices entitled DES News

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Details of ED 229
Reference: ED 229
Title: Department of Education and Science and successors: Press Office: Press Notices entitled DES News
Description:

Press releases produced by the Press Office of the Department of Education and Science and successors.

They cover a wide range of subjects, including work carried out by the department and other educational bodies and any reforms or changes within the department.

These press releases were distributed to the Education Ministers, education correspondence in the media, and the Central Office of Information (COI).

ED 229/58 and ED 229/107 contain indexes to the contents of the series.

Date: 1988-1996
Arrangement:

Chronological. The news sheets are filled in the order in which they were numbered and released.

Related material:

Establishment Minutes and Notices in ED 141

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

Department for Education and Employment, 1995-2001

Department for Education, Press Office, 1992-1995

Department of Education and Science, Press Office, 1964-1992

Physical description: 107 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1998 Department for Education and Employment

Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

All reports commissioned by the Secretary of State for Education, bulletins and leaflets produced by the department were advertised as a press release, and they reflect very strongly the official Departmental attitude.

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