Catalogue description Transport Ministries: Chief Scientific Advisory Group (CSA Series) Files

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Reference: MT 164
Title: Transport Ministries: Chief Scientific Advisory Group (CSA Series) Files
Description:

This series consists of registered files of the Chief Scientific Advisory Group of the Ministry of Transport and Department of the Environment. The records concern the group's advisory functions to the department on any transport problems with a scientific content and their responsibilities to ensure that science and technology play an effective role in supporting the work of the department. The series contains the records of the group's work on projects and research programmes and their input to related departmental working practices, committees and conferences where the group provided the chairmanship or secretariat.
Date: 1965-1973
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Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: CSA file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 23 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Accumulation dates: 1967-1973
Selection and destruction information: Files have been preserved on policy criteria.
Administrative / biographical background:

The Chief Scientific Advisory Group was established in 1964 to advise the ministry on any transport problem with a scientific context.

The group was headed by Chief Scientific Adviser who reported to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Transport. In 1970, the group was incorporated into the Dir ectorate of Scientific Studies. In 1972, this Directorate was renamed the Directorate of Research Requirements within the Planning and Transportation Unit.

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