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Catalogue description Records of the Metrication Board
| Reference: | JW |
|---|---|
| Title: | Records of the Metrication Board |
| Description: |
Records created by the Metrication Board as it carried out its function of advising on and publicising the transition from imperial to metric measures. Registered files, minutes and papers of meetings and annual reports are in JW 1. Files of the Board's secretariat are in JW 2. Files of the Board's Industries Division are in JW 3. |
| Date: | 1968-1980 |
| Related material: |
Related files can be found in FV 40 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Metrication Board, 1969-1980 |
| Physical description: | 3 series |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
from 1995 Department of Trade and Industry |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Metrication Board was a non-statutory body, set up in 1969 by the Minister of Technology following acceptance by the Government of the report of the Standing Joint Committee on Metrication. Its purpose was to advise and publicise the transition from imperial to metric measures. It was abolished in 1980. The Metrication Board was originally organised into five divisions: the Economic Sectors Division, the Educational and Industrial Training Division, the Information Division, the Technical Division, a Secretariat (later re-organised as the Administration Division), and a Planning Unit. The Secretariat, under the Secretary and Head of Administration was responsible for arranging Metrication Board business, staff management, financial matters, and general policy matters not confined to a specific sector, or covered by other divisions. In 1972, the Metrication Board comprised the following divisions: the Directorate, the Industries Division, the Consumer Goods and Distribution Division, the Education and Industrial Training Division, the Technical Services Division, the Administration Division, and the Information Division. The Industries Division (formerly the Economic Sectors Division) was responsible for relations with the main industrial, commercial and agricultural sectors of the economy. |
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