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Catalogue description Department of Health and Social Security: Registered files of Insurance Division A (VDP series)
| Reference: | BN 124 |
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| Title: | Department of Health and Social Security: Registered files of Insurance Division A (VDP series) |
| Description: |
This series concerns the policy and administration of the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme, set up by the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979. |
| Date: | 1974-2004 |
| Related material: |
See also: Industrial injuries registered files in PIN 21 Royal Commission on Civil Liability and Compensation for Personal Injury records in LCO 20 Industrial diseases registered files in PIN 20 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | VDP |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Department of Health, 1988- Department of Health and Social Security, Insurance Division A, 1969-1988 Department of Social Security, Social Security Policy Group Division A, 1988-2001 |
| Physical description: | 55 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2008 Department for Work and Pensions |
| Custodial history: | The Department for Work and Pensions became custodians of the series in 2001 when the department replaced the Department of Social Security, 1988–2001. The series was previously held by the Department of Health and Social Security, 1968-1988. |
| Accumulation dates: | In general, the file series ran from 1978 to 1999, although there are still some files which cover active cases. |
| Selection and destruction information: | This series meets TNA's Acquisition Policy theme 2.2.1.5 Formulation and delivery of social policies, relating specifically to the implementation and interpretation of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979. |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing. |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
Insurance Division A was part of the Social Security Policy Group. Special schemes such as the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme were dealt with by Branch 1 |
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