Catalogue description HM Treasury: Public Finances and successors: Mutual and Financial Institutions (MFI) prefix: Registered Files

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Reference: T 564
Title: HM Treasury: Public Finances and successors: Mutual and Financial Institutions (MFI) prefix: Registered Files
Description:

The records in this series concern the legislative framework for building societies, friendly societies, industrial and provident societies and the development of policy in this regard.

MFI prefix denotes the registry theme 'Mutual and Financial Institutions' which also denoted the name of the specific team carrying out this work in HM Treasury.

Date: 1992-1997
Arrangement:

The records are arranged chronologically in file prefix order.

Related material:

See also:

T 160

T 582

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: MFI prefix
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 64 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2019 Treasury

Custodial history: The records were stored at HM Treasury, 1 Horse Guards Road, London SW1 until 1999. Thereafter the records were stored by a third party contractor prior to transfer to The National Archives
Accumulation dates: 1992 to 1997
Selection and destruction information: RCP s.3.3.1 - Management of the economy by the UK government
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The records were originally created under Public Finance Sector, Financial Institutions and Markets Group, Banking Division from 1992. In 1993 the Division name changed to Banking and Mutuals Division; the remaining structure stayed the same. In 1995 the Sector became Industry and Financial Institutions. In 1996 a shallower organisational structure was introduced at Treasury whereby the Sector became Finance Regulation and Industry and the Group became Credit Institutions; no division was created. The MFI prefix files was continued across these organisation changes over time until 1997.

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