Catalogue description Civil Service Commission: Files Series II

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Details of CSC 5
Reference: CSC 5
Title: Civil Service Commission: Files Series II
Description:

Mainly registered files in the Civil Service Commission's plain number file series (from number 4001 dated 1908), but including some 'Miscellaneous' and other prefix file series reflecting all aspects of open competitive appointments to Civil Service posts.

In addition, the series includes a few earlier files more properly belonging to Series I (CSC 3) and some files relating to the Fulton Committee on the Civil Service. These records follow on from those in CSC 2 and CSC 3 and overlap in date with records in both those series.
Date: 1888-1983
Arrangement:

There have been thirty accruals of plain number files and nine accruals of 'Miscellaneous' prefix files into the class and the former reference number ranges of each accrual overlap. Readers searching for specific subjects need therefore to be guided by the date ranges of CSC 2, CSC 3 and CSC 5, and to look through the whole of the CSC 5 catalogue for material dated 1888 and later.
Related material:

The main papers for the Fulton Committee on the Civil Service are in BA 1
Separated material:

Files formerly of a particularly sensitive nature were removed to CSC 9
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Physical description: 1913 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Accruals: Series is accruing
Unpublished finding aids:

An alphabetical index for files up to 1944 arranged under a number of general headings is available. Please speak to staff at the enquiry desk for the precise location.

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