Catalogue description Transport Ministries: Highways Planning and Construction (HPC Series) Files
Reference: | MT 194 |
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Title: | Transport Ministries: Highways Planning and Construction (HPC Series) Files |
Description: |
This series contains registered files of the Department of Transport Highways Planning and Construction Division (HPC series). The file series details the planning and selection of trunk road schemes. Files that exist prior to 1977 are papers that originate from GPH (the Department of the Environment's General Planning Highways (Part) Division). |
Date: | 1976-1981 |
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: | HPC |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
Department of the Environment, General Planning Highways (Part) Division, 1975-1977 Department of Transport, Highways Planning and Construction Division, 1977-1980 |
Physical description: | 12 file(s) |
Access conditions: | Open |
Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2005 Department for Transport |
Custodial history: | Since the file series ceased to accrue the records 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 (from 2002). |
Accumulation dates: | 1975-1980 |
Selection and destruction information: | The records 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 of its own formal boundaries (2.2.2.1 of PRO's Acquisition Policy). |
Accruals: | The series will accrue. |
Administrative / biographical background: |
The Highways Planning and Construction Division was set up in 1977 within the Highways Planning and Management Directorate. It assumed the responsibilities of the Department of the Environment's General Planning Highways (Part) Division (GPH series) and the Construction Units Administration Division (CUA series). |
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