Catalogue description HM Treasury: Public Services (Sector): Accountancy Advice Treasury (AAT) file prefix: Registered Files

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Details of T 626
Reference: T 626
Title: HM Treasury: Public Services (Sector): Accountancy Advice Treasury (AAT) file prefix: Registered Files
Description:

The records in this series concern management accounting aspects of public finance, the commercial accounting aspects of Treasury business, the monitoring and creation of trading funds and standards of internal audit in government departments, including advice on financial management and accounting standards in the public sector and the formulation of policies generally.

Date: 1984
Arrangement:

The records are arranged chronologically in file prefix order.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: AAT
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Treasury, Public Services, 1983-1985
Physical description: 3 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

from 2015 Treasury
Accumulation dates: 1984 to 1988
Selection and destruction information: Records Collection Policy s.3.1.1 - records that illustrate the government's role in the management of the UK economy. Only a few files have been selected from the total as the majority of records in this series were considered to be routine administrative rather than policy related.
Accruals: Series is accruing.
Administrative / biographical background:

The Public Services Sector of Treasury was responsible for accountancy standards in government. Under this sector the Accountancy Advice Group was introduced in 1981 to administer advice and monitor standards. In 1984 the Expenditure Support Group took over this role. Under the sector and both successive groups the Accountancy, Finance and Audit Division was responsible for this work.

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