Catalogue description Ministry of Aviation and successors: Aerodromes (General) Division, Branch GA3 and successors: Registered Files (XV, XQ and APD Series)
Reference: | AVIA 112 |
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Title: | Ministry of Aviation and successors: Aerodromes (General) Division, Branch GA3 and successors: Registered Files (XV, XQ and APD Series) |
Description: |
The XV file series relates to all aspects of the work of the GA3 Branch of the Aerodromes (General) Division; it contains files relating to measures to control aircraft noise vibration and air pollution caused by civil aircraft; Consideration of problems; possible solutions, including use of outside expert advice; attendance at conferences and meetings. Some files have been re-registered from the ER series (used by GA2 Branch). The APD prefix began in approximately 1991/1992, taking over from the XV and XQ prefixes, although some files registered into the series predate 1990 and some files in XQ relating to the management of local authority bids for supplementary credits post-date 1990. Files registered into the APD prefix from the early 1990s document the work of the Civil Aviation Policy Directorate (1990-1994) and the Civil Aviation Directorate (1995-1996) which were responsible for the development of airport policy including government responsibilities for capacity, economic regulation and the regulation of local authority airports; airports structure and investment. |
Date: | 1959-2000 |
Arrangement: |
Arranged in previous reference order within each accession. |
Separated material: |
Board of Trade and successors: Aerodromes General BT 338 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Former reference in its original department: | XV, XQ & APD file series |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
Board of Trade, Civil Aviation Department, Aerodromes (General) Division, Branch GA3, 1966-1968 Board of Trade, Civil Aviation Department, Civil Aviation Division 3, 1968-1970 Department of Trade and Industry, Civil Aviation Division 3, 1970-1974 Department of Trade, Civil Aviation Department, Civil Aviation Division 3, 1974-1983 Department of Transport, 1995-2002 Department of Transport, Civil Aviation Directorate, 1995-1996 Department of Transport, Civil Aviation Policy Directorate, 1983-1994 Department of Transport, Civil Aviation Policy Division 4, 1983-1993 Ministry of Aviation, Aerodromes (General) Division, Branch GA2, 1960-1965 Ministry of Aviation, Aerodromes (General) Division, Branch GA3, 1965-1966 Ministry of Aviation, Aerodromes General Division, 1959-1966 |
Physical description: | 465 file(s) |
Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
Immediate source of acquisition: |
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government From 1997 Department of Transport |
Accumulation dates: | 1965 onwards |
Selection and destruction information: | Files selected for preservation concern policy and strategy on subjects of significance or special interest. Files dealing with matters of an ephemeral nature and case files containing no significant elements of policy have been destroyed.Files were transferred in more than one batch. |
Accruals: | Series is accruing |
Administrative / biographical background: |
Aerodromes General Division was established in the Ministry of Aviation in 1960 and GA3(b) Branch of the Division in 1965 (prior to 1965 the Branch's functions were the responsibility of GA2 Branch). The Branch initially retained its name when responsibilty for civil aviation matters was transferred to the Board of Trade (later the Department of Trade and Industry) in the latter half of 1966, but in 1968, following a restructuring of the civil aviation side of the Department, its functions were absorbed by a new Civil Aviation Division 3. When responsibilty for aviation was transferred to the Department of Transport in 1983 these functions were exercised by Division 5 (later Division 4) of the Civil Aviation Policy Directorate. They are currently the responsibility of the Department's Aviation Environmental Division. The Branch's function was to deal with general questions on measures to control noise, vibration and air pollution caused by civil aircraft. It was responsible for certain airports in England and Wales including non-state aerodromes and heliports. |
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