Catalogue description Home Office, and Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Welsh Office: Registered Files (WAL and WA Series)

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Reference: BD 24
Title: Home Office, and Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Welsh Office: Registered Files (WAL and WA Series)
Description:

Files opened in the Home Office and the Ministry of Housing and Local Government reflecting the co-ordinating functions of the Minister for Welsh Affairs and subsequently of the Minister of State for Wales. The files reflect the wide range of topics dealt with under the general heading of Welsh affairs.

Date: 1949-1970
Related material:

For related Private Office papers of the Minister of State for Wales, see BD 37

Separated material:

Later re-registered files can be found in BD 40

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

Home Office, 1782-

Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Wales Office, 1951-1964

Physical description: 343 files and volumes
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Custodial history: With the creation of the office of the Secretary of State for Wales in October 1964, the files passed to the Welsh Affairs Division, and later the General Division, of the Welsh Office.
Accumulation dates: 1951

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