Catalogue description Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and predecessors: Betting, Gaming and Lotteries: Registered Files (BGL Series)

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Details of PF 295
Reference: PF 295
Title: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and predecessors: Betting, Gaming and Lotteries: Registered Files (BGL Series)
Description:

This series contains records relating to the preparation of legislation and the development of regulations applicable to various types of gambling and lottery activities

Date: 1989-2000
Related material:

See also HO 320

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

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1997-2017

Department of National Heritage, 1992-1997

Home Office, 1782-

Physical description: 415 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2022 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Custodial history: Home Office 1992; Department of National Heritage 1994-2001; Department for Culture, Media and Sport 2001-2017; Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 2017-present
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

Upon the establishment of the Department for National Heritage in 1992, some aspects of betting, gaming and lotteries were moved from the Home Office to the department, although a full takeover of responsibilities in this area happened only in 2001, following the General Election.

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