Department for Education and Employment

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Alternative name(s):	DfEE (Also known as)
Date:	1995-2001
History:	The Department for Education and Employment (DfEE) was created in July 1995 when Department for Education took over the Employment Department's training, discrimination and equal opportunities roles. In May 2001 it became the Department for Education and Skills (DfES).
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (central)
References:	CS Yrbk; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C277690

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference
1	1818-2000: Records created or inherited by the Department of Education and Science, and of related bodies	The National Archives, Kew	ED
2	1907-2001: Ministry of Labour and successors: Employment Policy, Registered Files (EM series and other series)	The National Archives, Kew	LAB 8
3	1974-1979: Prices and Incomes: Private Sector Pay Settlements	The National Archives, Kew	LAB 84
4	1912-1977: Department of Employment and predecessors: Dock Labour: Unregistered Papers	The National Archives, Kew	LAB 101
5	1995-2003: Employment and Lifelong Learning Directorate
6	1987-2002: Department of Education and Science and successors: Schools Branch 4: Registered Files (S4 series)	The National Archives, Kew	ED 289
7	1965-1974: Department of Employment: Manpower and Productivity Service Division: Registered Files (MPS Series)	The National Archives, Kew	LAB 107
8	1964-1977: Department of Employment and Productivity and Department of Employment: Incomes and Prices Division: Registered Files (IPG Series)	The National Archives, Kew	LAB 111
9	1946-1975: Department of Employment: Economic Policy (Manpower) Division: Registered Files (EPD Series)	The National Archives, Kew	LAB 108
10	1967-2002: Department of Employment: Research and Planning Division: Registered Files (RP Series)	The National Archives, Kew	LAB 110
11	1826-1986: Committee of Privy Council and successors: Various Lists of Educational Institutions and Departmental Staff	The National Archives, Kew	ED 270
12	1967-1981: Department of Education and Science: HM Inspectorate: Reports from Local Offices	The National Archives, Kew	ED 272
13	1966-1996: Department of Employment: General Manpower Division: Foreign Labour later Overseas Labour, Registered Files (FL and OL Series)	The National Archives, Kew	LAB 109
14	1943-1986: Department of Employment: Incomes and Prices Division: Registered Files (PI Series)	The National Archives, Kew	LAB 112
15	1967-2002: Department of Education and Science: Schools Branch II, Special Education: Registered Files (SS Series)	The National Archives, Kew	ED 269
16	1963-1979: Department of Employment and predecessor and successor: Employment Services Division and Employment Services Agency: Registered Files (E and ES Series)	The National Archives, Kew	LAB 106
17	1971-1989: Department of Employment: Training Division: Industrial Training Act, Registered Files (ET Series)	The National Archives, Kew	LAB 113
18	1972-1974: Department of Employment: Training Division: Training Services Agency, Registered Files (TSA Series)	The National Archives, Kew	LAB 114
19	Department for Education and Employment: Employment Service: ES Communications and Guidance (ESCOM), Dataset		NV 1
20	1972-2001: Department of Employment: Manpower General Division: Race Relations, Registered Files (RR Series)	The National Archives, Kew	LAB 115
21	1970-2002: Department of Employment: Unemployment Benefit Branch: Registered Files (UB Series)	The National Archives, Kew	LAB 116
22	1917-1982: National Council for Domestic Studies and National Council for Home Economic Education: Annual Reports	The National Archives, Kew	ED 276
23	1971-2004: Department of Employment: Economic Policy (Manpower) Division: Registered Files (EPM Series)	The National Archives, Kew	LAB 117
24	1973-1976: Department of Employment: Industrial Relations Division II, Central Information Service: Registered Files (CIS Series)	The National Archives, Kew	LAB 118
25	1972-1984: Department of Employment: Research and Planning Division, Work Research Unit: Registered Files (CPS Series)	The National Archives, Kew	LAB 119
26	1998-2000: Scottish Fee Support Review: Records	The National Archives, Kew	ED 277
27	1988-1999: Department for Education and Employment: Grant Maintained Schools: Database	The National Archives, Kew	ED 278
28	1995-2006: Department for Education and Employment: Analytical Services: Register of Educational Establishments: Dataset	The National Archives, Kew	NV 2
29	1999-2002: Department for Education and Employment and Successor: Analytical Services: Learning and Training at Work: Datasets	The National Archives, Kew	NV 3
30	1999-2003: Department for Education and Employment: Lifelong Learning Directorate, Learning Partnerships Team: Learning Partnerships Dataset	The National Archives, Kew	NV 4
31	1983-2001: Employment Department: Training Agency: Registered Files	The National Archives, Kew	EDG 2
32	1991-2004: Employment Department: Policy and Delivery of Enterprise Allowance Scheme records	The National Archives, Kew	EDG 3
33	1983-1995: Employment Department Group: Skills Training Agency: Registered Files	The National Archives, Kew	EDG 4
34	1980-2000: Employment Department Group: Training Enterprise and Education Directorate: Training Providers	The National Archives, Kew	EDG 7
35	From 1999: Wired for Health Website	The National Archives, Kew	NV 5
36	1995-1996: Department of Education and Science: Establishments and Organisation Branch: Registered Files (Y and YCS Prefix Series)	The National Archives, Kew	ED 291
37	From 1999: Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) Website	The National Archives, Kew	NV 6
38	From 2002: Kingsmill Review of Women's Pay and Employment Website	The National Archives, Kew	NV 7
39	1995-2006: Records of the Department for Education and Employment	The National Archives, Kew	NV
40	1879-2000: Education Department and successors: Awards and Scholarships Files (U and O Series)	The National Archives, Kew	ED 54
41	1969-2002: Department of Education and Science: Schools Branch: Registered Files (SX Series)	The National Archives, Kew	ED 183
42	1961-2001: Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science: Teachers Branches I (Supply and Conditions of Service) and II (Training): Registered Files (R, RS, TCH and TST Series)	The National Archives, Kew	ED 192
43	1958-2004: Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science: Architects and Building Branch: Registered Files (AB, ABR, SV, SCB, HS Series)	The National Archives, Kew	ED 203
44	1966-2002: Department of Education and Science: Schools I Branch: Registered Files (S Series)	The National Archives, Kew	ED 207
45	1943-1999: Department of Education and Science: Further Education Branch, later Further and Higher Education Branch: Registered Files (T and T/P Series)	The National Archives, Kew	ED 212
46	1966-1987: Computer Board for Universities and Research Councils: Agenda, Minutes and Papers	The National Archives, Kew	ED 225
47	1990-1996: Department of Education and Science and successors: Business Directory (List 240)	The National Archives, Kew	ED 227
48	1988-1996: Department of Education and Science and successors: Press Office: Press Notices entitled DES News	The National Archives, Kew	ED 229
49	1969-1989: Department of Education and Science: Further and Higher Education Branch: Youth and Adult Welfare Registered Files (YC Series)	The National Archives, Kew	ED 232
50	1917: National Union for the Technical Education of Women in Domestic Science: Records	The National Archives, Kew	ED 237
51	1961-1964: Ministry of Education: Unregistered Papers relating to the Higher Education Committee (the Robbins Committee)	The National Archives, Kew	ED 240
52	1967-1990: Department of Education and Science: Further and Higher Education Branch: Adult Education, Registered Files (AE Series)	The National Archives, Kew	ED 246
53	1967-1989: Department of Education and Science: Universities Branch and successors: Committee Records	The National Archives, Kew	ED 250
54	1965-1971: Department of Education and Science: Committee on International Scientific Co-operation: Agenda, Minutes and Papers	The National Archives, Kew	ED 257
55	1967-1973: Advisory Committee on the Animals (Restriction of Importation) Act 1964: Agenda, Minutes and Papers	The National Archives, Kew	ED 258
56	1968-2002: Department of Education and Science: Finance Branch: Registered Files (F Series)	The National Archives, Kew	ED 261
57	1899-1980: Board of Education and successors: Legal Branch: Law Precedent Covers	The National Archives, Kew	ED 262
58	1972-1977: Department of Education and Science: Computer Assisted Learning Programme Committee: Agenda, Minutes and Papers	The National Archives, Kew	ED 264
59	1967-1975: Department of Education and Science: Planning Branch and Statistics Branch, Automatic Data Processing Unit: Registered Files (ADP Series)	The National Archives, Kew	ED 265
60	1995-1997: National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education (Dearing Committee): Records	The National Archives, Kew	ED 266
61	1974-1998: Department of Education and Science and successors: Statistics Branch: Schools' Census (Form 7) Datasets	The National Archives, Kew	ED 267
62	1835-1995: Records of the Establishments Division

Related record creators
	Record creator	Description of relationship	Category of relationship
1	Department for Education	Successor/Predecessor	See Also
2	Department for Education and Skills	Successor/Predecessor	See Also
3	Department for Work and Pensions	Successor/Predecessor	See Also
4	Employment Department	Successor/Predecessor	See Also