Catalogue description Ministry of Transport and Successors: International Inland Transport Branch and International Transport Division: Registered Files (IIT and IT Files)

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Reference: MT 89
Title: Ministry of Transport and Successors: International Inland Transport Branch and International Transport Division: Registered Files (IIT and IT Files)
Description:

This series consists of registered files of the International Inland Transport Branch (IIT files), later International Transport Division (IT files), of the Ministry of Transport. They contain papers arising from the ministry's representation on international bodies concerned with transport, such as the Transport Committee of the Economic Commission for Europe, and there are a number of files relating to the carriage of dangerous goods and bilateral road haulage agreements.

Some files on the Channel Tunnel have been selected.

The IIT prefix was first used in 1948 and discontinued in 1961. The IT prefix was first used in 1948.
Date: 1945-1996
Arrangement:

The records in this series have been transferred in more that one batch. In each transfer, the files are arranged in the file reference order.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: IIT and IT Series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department of the Environment, International Transport Division, 1970-1976

Department of Transport, International Transport Division, 1976-1984

Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, International Inland Transport Branch, 1953-1959

Ministry of Transport, International Inland Transport Branch, 1948-1953

Ministry of Transport, International Inland Transport Branch, 1959-1963

Ministry of Transport, International Transport Division, 1963-1970
Physical description: 420 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1980 Department of Transport
Selection and destruction information: Files selected at normal second review.
Accruals: Series is accruing.

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