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Catalogue description HM Treasury: Public Services Sector and successors: Accountancy, Finance and Audit (AFA prefix): Registered Files
| Reference: | T 557 |
|---|---|
| Title: | HM Treasury: Public Services Sector and successors: Accountancy, Finance and Audit (AFA prefix): Registered Files |
| Description: |
This series contains records relating to both policy and operational work. Policy work includes development of financial management, management accounting and internal audit in government departments and operational work includes provision of a consultancy service to departments, fees and charges and ready reckoner of staff costs. |
| Date: | 1966-1983 |
| Arrangement: |
Files are listed chronologically in file prefix order. |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | AFA |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Treasury, Public Services Sector, 1975-1983 |
| Physical description: | 233 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
in 2016 Treasury |
| Accruals: | No further accruals are expected. |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
In 1975 the Public Services Sector was created. The Accounts and Purchasing Group was created as one of three Groups under this Sector. The Management Accounting and Purchasing Policy Division was created to serve the following functions: advice on accounting in relation to financial control and develpoments in government organisation (e.g. trading funds); advice on financial and accounting matters for bodies operating on cemmercial lines; fee and charges policy; public purchasing policy. By 1984 the division had been renamed the Public Services In 1985 Public Services Sector continued but a Financial Management Division had been created to provide advice and guidance on financial management to government departments. |
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