Catalogue description Department of the Environment: Gypsy Sites Branch and Successors: Registered Files

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Reference: AT 78
Title: Department of the Environment: Gypsy Sites Branch and Successors: Registered Files
Description:

This series deals with matters concerning the 'gypsy' population of the UK and related legislation. Of particular note was the Caravan Site Act 1968, which compelled local authorities to provide sites for gypsies within their boroughs. Much liaison with the Gypsy Council took place on this matter.
Date: 1967-1988
Arrangement:

The files are in former reference order, thereby reflecting their original administrative arrangement.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department of the Environment, Planning Directorate C, 1970-1973

Department of the Environment, Planning Sport and Countryside Directorate, 1974-1977

Department of the Environment, Rural Affairs Directorate, 1979-1994
Physical description: 28 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2003 Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
Custodial history: Since the file series ceased to accumulate the records have been housed at the Department of the Environment (1990-1997), the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1997-2001)and from 2001 to the present at the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions.
Accumulation dates: File series ran from 1967 to 1990
Selection and destruction information: The records were selected on the basis that they reflect the economic, social and demographic condition of the UK, as documented by the state's dealings with individuals, communities and organisations outside its own formal boundaries (2.2.2.1 of PRO's acquisition policy).
Accruals: Series is accruing.

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