Catalogue description Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance and successors: Private Office, Petitions Case Files

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Reference: PIN 87
Title: Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance and successors: Private Office, Petitions Case Files
Description:

This series consists of a representative selection of petition case files controlled and processed by the Private Office staff of the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance and successors.

The files relate to questions raised with members of the royal family or the minister by voluntary and statutory authorities, benefit claimants and MPs on behalf of their constituents. They cover many topics, including the rates of benefit and pensions payable, the administration and policy development of various social security benefits and individuals' benefit entitlements.

Date: 1948-1987
Arrangement:

By former file reference

Related material:

Private office papers of senior officers of the Ministry of Health and the Department of Health and Social Security are in BN 13

Registered papers of the Private Office of the Department of Health and Social Security are in BN 72

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department of Health and Social Security, 1968-1988

Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, 1953-1966

Ministry of Social Security, 1966-1968

Physical description: 103 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

Department of Social Security

Custodial history: Transferred to the Department of Social Security in 1988
Accruals: Series is not accruing.

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