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Catalogue description Property Services Agency and Predecessors: Government Car Service; Registered Files (GCS Series)
| Reference: | CM 67 |
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| Title: | Property Services Agency and Predecessors: Government Car Service; Registered Files (GCS Series) |
| Description: |
This series contains records covering the design, procurement and deployment of official cars for ministers, associated security and organisational matters and other uses. |
| Date: | 1970-1993 |
| Related material: |
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| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | GCS Series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Department of the Environment, 1970-1997 Property Services Agency, 1972-1990 |
| Physical description: | 7 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
In 2018 Department for Communities and Local Government |
| Custodial history: | Department of the Environment 1970-1979; Property Services Agency 1979-1993. |
| Selection and destruction information: | Policy and high profile user files are recommended for retention. Non-primary and routine files are not. |
| Accruals: | No further accruals are expected. |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Government Car Service (GCS) provided a 'high-quality, secure car service' for ministers in government departments. On the establishment of the Department of the Environment in 1970 the GCS came under that body. In 1972 during The Troubles in Northern Ireland, GCS vehicles with enhanced security features were first deployed. In 1993 GCS became part of the Security Facilities Executive (SAFE), an Executive Agency of the Department of the Environment. |
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