Catalogue description Treasury: Civil Pay Division 1: Registered Files (2 CP(1) Series)

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Reference: T 321
Title: Treasury: Civil Pay Division 1: Registered Files (2 CP(1) Series)
Description:

General policy on Civil Service pay, application of incomes policy on pay and the pay of non-industrial civil servants.
Date: 1960-1969
Related material:

Later files on public sector allowances are in BA 20
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: 2 CP(1) File series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Treasury, Civil Pay Division 1, 1962-1968
Physical description: 204 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure
Administrative / biographical background:

The Treasury Civil Pay Divisions were set up as a group dealing with pay and conditions of service for civil servants and other exchequer bodies as part of the major Treasury re-organisation in 1962.

The Civil Pay Group consisted of four divisions 2CP(1), 2CP(2), 2CO(3) (this division was concerned with the pay of members of certain public services who were not civil servants) and 2CP(4). Pay and conditions of service for the Armed Forces were dealt with by the Defence and Overseas Personnel Division (2DOP). The Establishments Superannuation Branch dealt with civil service superannuation and compensation to civil servants for injury on duty, and pensions policy in the public services.

The work of the four divisions was similar, however each had its own area of responsibility.

With the introduction of Treasury re-organisation in 1962 2CP(1)-2CP(4) assumed responsibility for work previously carried out by the 2EG Division and also took certain pay elements from the following divisions:

  • 2AT
  • 2AS
  • 2DP
  • 2ED
  • 2EP
  • 2GS
  • 2LO
  • 2SS

Civil Pay Divisions functions remained the same until the creation of the Civil Service Department in November 1968. Further divisional reorganisation resulted in 2CP becoming PAY division and the workload was rescheduled as follows:

  • 2CP(1) became PAY 1
  • 2CP(2) and 2CP(4) combined to become PAY 2
  • 2CP (3) linked up with 2 DOP to become PAY 3

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