Catalogue description Records of Public Services (for 1994)

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Reference: Division within T
Title: Records of Public Services (for 1994)
Description:

Records of Public Services of HM Treasury.

The records comprise expenditure policy discussions on social services and territorial; local government; accounts and purchasing; management services and running costs; and, Central Computing and Telecommunications Agency (CCTA).

Public Services: Social Services and Territorial Departments Group: Social Security Division (ST1) and successors: Records (DSS Prefix) T 610.
Date: 1994-1997
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Treasury, Public Services, 1994-1995
Physical description: 1 series
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

Treasury
Custodial history: Records were stored by HM Treasury at 1 Horse Guards Road, London SW1, to April 2012. Thereafter the records were stored by a third party contractor prior to transfer to the National Archives.
Administrative / biographical background:

Public Services was created in 1994 and took the original name of the business unit which had existed from 1986 to 1988 covering similar functions. It was created after the dissolution of the previous Deputy Chief Accountancy Adviser and Director of Government Accountancy Services Management Unit with had exisited to 1993 and had contained a Public Services Group.

The 1994 version of Public Services was promoted to the same Directorate level as the previous Management Unit and comprised the following business units: Social Services and Territorial Departments Group; Local Government Group; Procurement Group; and the Home and Legal Group.

Public Services was dissolved in 1995 and replaced by the Spending Directorate which included functional provisions for public services.

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