Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Land Improvement Division and predecessor: Registered Files: Farm Improvement Scheme (FIS Series)

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Reference: MAF 315
Title: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Land Improvement Division and predecessor: Registered Files: Farm Improvement Scheme (FIS Series)
Description:

This series includes files dealing with all aspects of the creation and implementation of the Farm Improvement Scheme, including drafting and interpretation of the Agriculture Act 1957, and the scheme's relationship with other schemes such as the Horticultural Improvement Scheme, its application to different types of farmer, farm buildings and equipment, its cost, and the analysis of statistical and other returns. Papers include draft copies of the FIS rulings; agenda, minutes and papers of various committees; and revisions of regional and divisional office instructions.

Some files have pre-1957 papers re-registered from the LI file series: MAF 238
Date: 1955-1972
Separated material:

Some files were re-registered into the BU file series; see MAF 367
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: FIS file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 109 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Accumulation dates: 1957 to 1969
Administrative / biographical background:

The Farm Improvement Scheme was given statutory authority by s12 of the Agriculture Act 1957. Under this the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food paid grants of one-third of the approved cost of providing or improving permanent fixed equipment and of making long-term improvements to agricultural land. Farmers could elect to have their grant based on the actual cost reasonably incurred, the standard costs for certain work, or a combination of both.

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