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Ministry of Pensions

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Date: 1916-1953
History: Established in 1916 by the Ministry of Pensions Act 1916, which provided for a single department to administer military and naval war pensions and provide medical care for the disabled. A Central Office, Blackpool was the principal centre for awarding pensions. It kept all the records of pensions granted, issued pension books that enabled the award to be drawn by individuals, and also prepared cases for appeal tribunals. The Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance was established in August 1953 by the merger of the Ministry of National Insurance and the Ministry of Pensions in an attempt to provide a more coherent system for paying war pensions and national insurance benefits.
Functions, occupations and activities: Government (central)
References: IC; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/C277875
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1909-1937: Ministry of Munitions, Records of the Central Registry, etc.
The National Archives, Kew
MUN 4
2
1918-1978: Ministry of Pensions and successors: Codes and Instructions
The National Archives, Kew
PIN 14
3
1941-2004: Ministry of National Insurance and successors: Industrial Injuries, Registered Files (I Series)
The National Archives, Kew
PIN 21
4
1943-2017: Ministry of National Insurance and successors: Insurance Department C and successors: Reciprocal Agreements, Registered Files (RA, RA(X), EEC, ECQ, IIA, IIF, IIG, IIK, IIS, IIT and OVK series)
The National Archives, Kew
PIN 34
5
1944-1963: Ministry of Pensions, Ministry of National Insurance, and Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance: Annual Reports
The National Archives, Kew
PIN 86
6
1912-1968: Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance and predecessors: Specimens of Series of Documents Destroyed
The National Archives, Kew
PIN 900
7
1814-1921: Army Establishment: Pensions for Wounds
The National Archives, Kew
PMG 9
8
1917-1920: Ministry of Pensions: Disability Retired Pay, Gratuities, etc
The National Archives, Kew
PMG 42
9
1916-1920: Ministry of Pensions: Supplementary Allowances and Special Grants
The National Archives, Kew
PMG 43
10
1916-1920: Ministry of Pensions: Pensions to Relatives of Deceased Officers
The National Archives, Kew
PMG 44
11
1917-1919: Ministry of Pensions: Widows' Pensions
The National Archives, Kew
PMG 45
12
1916-1920: Ministry of Pensions: Children's Allowances
The National Archives, Kew
PMG 46
13
1915-1920: Ministry of Pensions: Relatives of Missing Officers
The National Archives, Kew
PMG 47
14
1917-1921: Treasury: Books of Out-letters to Ministry of Pensions
The National Archives, Kew
T 136
15
1950-1977: Ministry of Pensions and successors: Private Office, Ministers' Papers
The National Archives, Kew
PIN 92
16
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
17
1834-2003: Records created or inherited by the Department of Health and Social Security and related bodies
The National Archives, Kew
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Ministry of National Insurance
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Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance
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