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Catalogue description Education Department and successors: Circulars and Administrative Memoranda
| Reference: | ED 142 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Education Department and successors: Circulars and Administrative Memoranda |
| Description: |
Circulars and administrative memoranda issued by the Education Department and successors to Local Education Authorities and other educational establishments where appropriate. |
| Date: | 1870-1989 |
| Arrangement: |
In the main, the volumes and files are arranged in chronological order but pieces 35-56 covering the years 1870-1947 are out of sequence as they were transferred at a later date. |
| Related material: |
The files on which circulars and administrative memoranda were drafted will be found where extant in the relevant ED series. For details on the origin of administrative memoranda see ED 23/583 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Board of Education, 1899-1944 Department of Education and Science, 1964-1992 Education Department, 1856-1899 Ministry of Education, 1944-1964 |
| Physical description: | 66 volume(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
Circulars, and amendments and addenda thereto, are official communications. They are also public documents which express the Secretary of State's policy and give guidance on the means of carrying it out. Occasionally they are used for announcements of major even though transient importance. Where more than one department is concerned in an expression of Government policy it is usual to issue a joint circular although where this department's interest is largely procedural this may take the form of an administrative memorandum. Administrative memoranda, and amendments and addenda thereto were introduced in 1923 to circulate House of Commons questions and answers that were of administrative interest to Local Education Authorities. They were published annually by HMSO. |
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