Catalogue description Ministry of National Insurance and successors: Departmental Records Files

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Reference: PIN 66
Title: Ministry of National Insurance and successors: Departmental Records Files
Description:

This series contains files of the Ministry of National Insurance and its successors concerning records management and the implementation of the Public Records Act 1958.

The last file predates the 1958 Public Records Act, and contains detailed disposal schedules.
Date: 1946-1977
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department of Health and Social Security, 1968-1988

Ministry of National Insurance, 1944-1953

Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, 1953-1966

Ministry of Social Security, 1966-1968
Physical description: 10 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1987 Department of Health and Social Security
Accruals: Series is not accruing.
Administrative / biographical background:

The Public Records Act 1958 introduced a unified scheme for the transfer of documents selected for permanent preservation to the Public Record Office, and for the disposal of records.

Within most departments subject to the Act, this work has been carried out under the direction of a Departmental Records Officer, who has been guided by visiting officers of the Public Record Office.

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