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Catalogue description Welsh Office: Devolution Group: Registered Files (DEV Series)
| Reference: | BD 108 |
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| Title: | Welsh Office: Devolution Group: Registered Files (DEV Series) |
| Description: |
This series contains the registered files of the Welsh Office Devolution Unit. The files contain correspondence arising from the report of the Kilbrandon Commission on devolution, including representations and queries from other government departments, local authorities and individuals. There are similar records in response to the 1976 White Paper - 'Our Changing Democracy'. Files deal with the attitude and perceived attitude of the Welsh Office to devolution and also contain correspondence with other government departments and public sector organisations. Also included are files dealing with the proposed re-organisation of the Welsh Office following devolution and discussions with other government departments about possible functions which could be devolved to the new Assembly. The Wales Act contained the provision for the re-organisation of local government authorities. Files in this series contain information on this subject, which continued to be dealt with until the fall of the Labour Government in 1979. |
| Date: | 1963-1979 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English and Welsh |
| Physical description: | 417 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2003 National Assembly for Wales |
| Custodial history: | Passed from the Welsh Office to the National assembly for Wales in 1999 |
| Accumulation dates: | File series ran from 1973 to 1979 |
| Selection and destruction information: | These records have been selected in accordance with section 2.2.1 (Policy and administrative processes of the state) of the Acquisition Policy. All files have been selected except for a few containing duplicate copies, published material or relate to routine administrative matters. |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing. |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Devolution Unit, also known as the Kilbrandon Unit was set up, originally as part of the Finance Group, around 1975. Later the Unit became an independent section within the Welsh Office. Towards the end of its life, the Unit was informally divided into two sections, A & B. At this point files were marked as 'A' or 'B' files. The arrangement of the series does not reflect this. The Unit was wound up in 1978, after the referendum that year voted against devolution. Some papers pre-date the establishment of the Unit, and there are also later papers. |
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