Catalogue description Department of Employment: Research and Planning Division: Registered Files (RP Series)
Reference: | LAB 110 |
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Title: | Department of Employment: Research and Planning Division: Registered Files (RP Series) |
Description: |
This series comprises registered files of the Research and Planning Division of the Department of Employment and Productivity and the Department of Employment, relating to the provision of advice on a very diverse range of subjects. These include industrial relations, the effects of long-term unemployment, regional patterns of employment and sex discrimination. |
Date: | 1967-2002 |
Arrangement: |
Numerical by former file reference. |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Former reference in its original department: | RP file series |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
Department for Education and Employment, 1995-2001 Department for Work and Pensions, 2001- Department of Employment and Productivity, Research and Planning Division, 1968-1970 Department of Employment, Research and Planning Division, 1970-1980 Employment Department Group, 1988-1995 |
Physical description: | 445 file(s) |
Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1999 Department for Education and Employment |
Accruals: | Series is accruing. |
Administrative / biographical background: |
The Research and Planning Division of the Department of Employment and Productivity was responsible for providing professional and economic advice on current policy, and co-ordinated departmental contributions to economic forecasts. It also supervised the department's research programme, and in the early 1970s acquired responsibility for the development of psychological tests and assessment techniques. |
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