Catalogue description Ministry of Transport and successors, Ports Divisions: Registered Files (P Series)

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Reference: MT 81
Title: Ministry of Transport and successors, Ports Divisions: Registered Files (P Series)
Description:

This series consists of files of the Harbour Department of the various Transport ministries, and one file which contains papers of the Board of Trade. Also included are minutes and papers of the Committee of Inquiry into Major Parts of Great Britain (Rochdale Committee) of 1961-1962, and papers concerning its implementation.

These files are mainly from the P series and relate to appointments to dock and harbour authorities, dock labour, organization and working methods, finance, legislation, flood and storm damage, development, trade and technical advice on harbour engineering.

The series also contains selected files from the Ports Harbour Engineering (P(HE)) sub-series which was set up in 1964 and remained till 1975. PHE advised administrative divisions on the technical aspects of harbour engineering following grants, loans and general construction work that were the result of the Harbours Act 1964.

A number of P series files were previously registered in the PT (Port and Transit) series (see MT 63).

Date: 1866-2009
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: P Series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Board of Trade, Ports Department, 1863-1919

Department of the Environment, Nationalised Transport Division B, 1970-1976

Department of Transport, Nationalised Transport Division B, 1976-1997

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, 1990-

Ministry of Transport, 1919-1941

Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, Docks and Canal Division, 1953-1954

Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, Ports and Inland Waterways Division, 1954-1955

Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, Ports Division, 1955-1959

Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, Railways and Inland Waterways, 1955-1959

Ministry of Transport, Docks and Canal Division, 1934-1941

Ministry of Transport, Docks and Canal Division, 1946-1953

Ministry of Transport, Harbour Branch, 1923-1934

Ministry of Transport, Nationalised Transport Division B, 1962-1970

Ministry of Transport, Ports and Transit Division, 1938-1941

Ministry of Transport, Railways and Inland Waterways Division, 1959-1962

Ministry of Transport, Waterways and Railways General Division, 1962-1962

Ministry of War Transport, Port and Transit Control, 1941-1946

Physical description: 1271 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1978 Department of Transport

Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The Ports Divisions of the Ministry of Transport and successors dealt with the control of merchant shipping in UK and overseas ports.

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