Catalogue description Ministry of Housing and Local Government: Housing Division: Registered Files (H Series)

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Details of HLG 117
Reference: HLG 117
Title: Ministry of Housing and Local Government: Housing Division: Registered Files (H Series)
Description:

Policy files of the Housing Division of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government re-registered from the 92000 and 99000 series, relating to housing finance, management and production; local authority housing programmes and slum clearance; improvement grants; research and development into housing design; building regulations and rent control. The series also contains minutes and papers of the Central Housing Advisory Committee and its subcommittees, from 1959 until its final meeting in 1973.
Date: 1942-1973
Arrangement:

The series is arranged by subject which is defined by the numerical arrangement of the second and third elements of the former reference.
Related material:

It is not possible to identify the original provenance in the files due to re-registration and department changes. For ealier material see:

HLG 36

HLG 37

and those in the 99000 series in HLG 102
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: H File series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Housing Division, 1951-1964

Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Housing Division A, 1964-1970

Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Housing Division B, 1964-1970
Physical description: 204 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Administrative / biographical background:

Division B had responsibilities for housing matters in Greater London, the South East and East Anglia, improvement grants, research and development into house design, building regulations and rent control, and consisted of branches H1, H5, H6, H8 and H10.

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