Catalogue description Department of the Environment and Successors: Vehicle Policy and System Division; Registered Files (VPS Series)
Reference: | AT 91 |
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Title: | Department of the Environment and Successors: Vehicle Policy and System Division; Registered Files (VPS Series) |
Description: |
The records detail the the development of policy in respect of vehicles. |
Date: | 1938-1998 |
Arrangement: |
Within each transfer the records are in former reference order thereby reflecting their original administrative arrangement. |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Former reference in its original department: | VPS |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
Department of the Environment, Drivers and Vehicles Policy Division, 1976-1977 Department of the Environment, Vehicles Policy and Systems Division, 1974-1976 Department of Transport, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Finance and General Division, 1978-1981 Department of Transport, Drivers and Vehicles Policy Division, 1977-1978 Department of Transport, Vehicle Licensing and Regional Division, 1981-1983 |
Physical description: | 184 file(s) |
Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2005 Department for Transport |
Custodial history: | Since these records ceased to accumulate they have been in the custody of the Department of Transport (1981-1997), the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1997-2001), the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions (2001-2002) and the Department for Transport (2002-2005). |
Accumulation dates: | File series ran from 1974 to 1983 |
Selection and destruction information: | These files have been selected as 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 PROs Acquisition policy). |
Accruals: | Series is accruing. |
Administrative / biographical background: |
The Vehicles Policy and Systems Division was established in 1974 as part of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Group. Its remit was the development of vehicle policy. In 1976 this function was transferred to the Drivers and Vehicles Policy Division, and in 1977 this division was transferred to the Department of Transport. The following year the function was transferred to the Driver Vehicle Licensing Financial and General Division and in 1981 it was again transferred to the Vehicle Licensing and Regional Division. The latter Division ceased to raise VPS files in 1983. |
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