Catalogue description Department of Transport and successors: Aviation Security: Registered Files (AVI series)

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Reference: LM 9
Title: Department of Transport and successors: Aviation Security: Registered Files (AVI series)
Description:

The records within this series comprise files registered into the AVI prefix which document the work of the Transport Security Division which included the implementation and development of the National Aviation Security Programme (NASP) and the Maritime Security Programme. The Division also provided advice to the Secretary of State on how to respond to emerging terrorist threats.

Date: 1986-2000
Arrangement:

The records are arranged in chronological and prefix order

Related material:

See also BT 394

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: AVI series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Transport Security Division, 1997-2001

Department of Transport, 1976-1997

Department of Transport, Transport Security Division, 1991-1997

Physical description: 32 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2017 Department for Transport

Custodial history: Department of Transport: Aviation, Shipping and International, 1991-1994; Department of Transport: Central Resources, 1995-1997; Department of the Environment, Transport and Regions: Aviation and Shipping Group, 1998-2001
Selection and destruction information: Files are selected in accordance with the detailed guidance in OSP 26
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The Transport Security Division was first set up in 1991 and was placed within the Shipping Policy, Emergencies and Security Directorate, under the Aviation, Shipping and International Group, within the Department of Transport. Its primary responsibilities were to oversee the implementation of the National Aviation Security Programme (NASP), the development and implementation of the National Maritime Security Programme and security aspects in relation to the Channel Tunnel. In 1992 these responsibilities changed to include technical support of transport security.

From 1995 to 1997, the Division was moved, to Central Resources, under the Department of Transport. In 1996 the responsibilities of the Transport Security Division continued to be responsible for NASP, the Maritime Security Programme and Channel Tunnel Directions. Added to these responsibilities were Railway Security Instructions and to provide response to the Secretary of State and officials, as necessary, on the response to any emerging terrorist threat on any other modes of transport.

From 1998 to 2001 the Transport Security Division was moved to the Railways, Aviation and Shipping Group, within the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

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