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Catalogue description British Railways Board: Policy Unit and predecessor: Files
| Reference: | AN 170 |
|---|---|
| Title: | British Railways Board: Policy Unit and predecessor: Files |
| Description: |
Records of the Policy Unit and predecessors comprising economic reviews, policy advice to the British Railways Board on national and European policy (environmental and fiscal), involvement in studies and research relating to BR operations. |
| Date: | 1959-1997 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
British Railways Board, Department of Strategic Development, 1974-1982 British Railways Board, Policy Office, 1993-1996 British Railways Board, Policy Unit, 1982-1993 |
| Physical description: | 609 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
In 2001 British Railways Board |
| Accumulation dates: | File series ran from 1974 to 1996 |
| Selection and destruction information: | Files for information only, raw data, international statistics, and requests for data from outside bodies have been destroyed. |
| Accruals: | No future accruals expected |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
Set up in 1974 as Department of Strategic Development, mainly involved in the production of studies, it became the Policy Unit in 1982. In 1992 the International Policy Office became part of the Policy Unit although they kept their own files and records. In 1993/4 the Policy Unit divided into the Policy Office and the Business Review Group (which had its own file series). The Policy Office closed in October 1996. |
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