Catalogue description Transport Ministries: Vehicle Standards and Engineering (VSE Series) Files

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Reference: MT 191
Title: Transport Ministries: Vehicle Standards and Engineering (VSE Series) Files
Description:

The records of the Vehicle Standards and Engineering Division are concerned with policy and legislation on safety and environmrntal standards for all classes of vehicle and their equipment, covering both construction and in-use. Testing requirements are also included.

Date: 1970-2000
Arrangement:

The files will be presented in former reference order, thereby reflecting their original administrative order.

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

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, Vehicle Stds & Eng Div, 2001-2002

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Vehicle Standards & Eng. Div., 1997-2001

Department of Transport, Vehicle Standards and Engineering Division, 1978-1997

Vehicles Engineering Division, 1973-1977

Vehicles Safety Division, 1970-1977

Physical description: 239 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2004 Department for Transport

Custodial history: When first created these files were housed with the Department of Transport. Between 1997 and 2001 they were housed with the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions and from 2001 to 2002 they were with the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions
Selection and destruction information: These files were selected as they reflect the interaction of the state with its citizens and its impact on the physical environment (2.2.2 of PRO's acquisition policy)
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The Vehicle Standards and Engineering Division was set up in 1978 through the merger of the Vehicles Division and the Vehicles Engineering Division.

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