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Unemployment Assistance Board

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Date: 1934-1940
History: Established under the Unemployment Act 1934 with power to assist able-bodied unemployed persons throughout Britain whose insurance benefits were either exhausted or insufficient or who were not covered by unemployment insurance. Renamed in 1940, as the Assistance Board.
Functions, occupations and activities: Government (central)
References: IC; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/C276280
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1894-1997: Records of the Unemployment Assistance Boards, the Supplementary Benefits Commission, and of related bodies
The National Archives, Kew
AST
2
1854-1998: Records created or inherited by the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, and of related, predecessor and successor bodies
The National Archives, Kew
PIN
3
1936-1945: Unemployment Assistance Board and Assistance Board: Local Advisory Committees: Representative Minutes
The National Archives, Kew
AST 5
4
1934-1967: Unemployment Assistance Board and successors: Minutes, Papers and Reports
The National Archives, Kew
AST 12
5
1912-1971: National Assistance Board and successor: Codes of Instructions and Circulars
The National Archives, Kew
AST 13
6
1935-1965: Unemployment Assistance Board and successors: Annual Reports
The National Archives, Kew
AST 30
7
1934-1974: Supplementary Benefits Commission and predecessors: Private Office: Papers
The National Archives, Kew
AST 31
8
1834-1966: Ministry of Social Security and Department of Health and Social Security: Supplementary Benefits Commission and predecessors: Seal Matrices
The National Archives, Kew
BN 64
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