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Catalogue description Department of the Environment and predecessors: Sports Policy, Registered Files (SARD and SPORT Series)
| Reference: | AT 60 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Department of the Environment and predecessors: Sports Policy, Registered Files (SARD and SPORT Series) |
| Description: |
This series contains registered files (SARD and SPORT Series) relating to sports policy. Subjects included in the files concern relationships with South Africa and Rhodesia, the use of Service sporting facilities by civilian organisations, and the transfer of the responsibility for parks and open spaces in London from the Greater London Council to local councils. CRS 3 files were created by the Further Education Branch of the Department of Education and Science; SPORT files by the LG 4 section of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government; and SARD files by local government divisions of the Department of the Environment. All CRS 3 files were re-registered into SARD and most of the SPORT ones. |
| Date: | 1969-1994 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | SARD and SPORT file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Department of the Environment, Local Government Directorate B, Division LG2, 1971-1972 Department of the Environment, Local Government Division B, Branch LG2, 1970-1971 Department of the Environment, Planning Sport and Countryside Directorate, 1974-1977 Department of the Environment, Planning, Regional Development Directorate, Sports Division, 1972-1974 |
| Physical description: | 307 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1999 Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
| Custodial history: | Transferred to the Department of Education and Science in 1991, the Department for National Heritage in 1992, and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in 1997. |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
Prior to the creation of the Department of the Environment (DOE) in 1970, the Further Education Branch of the Department of Education and Science, and the LG 4 section of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government both had some sports responsibilities. By 1971 (probably 1970) both sections had been amalgamated into the DOE as LG 2 which was responsible for the provision and improvement of sporting facilities. LG 2 did not last long and after 1972 the responsibility for sport moved around the DOE under a number of different titles, including the Sports Division in the DOE's Planning, Regional Development Directorate until 1974, then the Planning Sport and Countryside Directorate until 1977, the Sports Policy Division until 1980, and then the Sport and Recreation Directorate and/or Division. In 1991 responsibility for sport transferred back to the Teachers' Pay and General Branch of the Department of Education and Science. |
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