Catalogue description Department of Economic Affairs: Industrial Division and Industrial Policy Division: Registered Files (1A Series)

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Details of EW 27
Reference: EW 27
Title: Department of Economic Affairs: Industrial Division and Industrial Policy Division: Registered Files (1A Series)
Description:

Files in the series cover a wide range of subjects, including: the various economic development committees (EDCs); meetings between the First Secretary of State and chairmen of the EDCs; meetings of the National Economic Development Council (NEDC); monopolies and mergers (including references to the Monopolies Commission); the Industrial Reorganisation Corporation (IRC); government assistance to industries (including files on individual firms); the Capenhurst Project (UNCLE) for a combined aluminium smelter and diffusion plant; the Industrial Expansion Bill 1967-1968; preparation of the National Plan; United Kingdom's membership of the European Economic Community (EEC); and regional policy.

Date: 1949-1969
Arrangement:

The original numerical sequence of the creating body has been followed

Related material:

Files of the Industrial Reorganisation Corporation can be found in EW 2

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: 1A file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department of Economic Affairs, Industrial Division and Industrial Policy Division, 1965-1969

Physical description: 325 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1990 Department of the Environment

Custodial history: Responsibility transferred from the Department of Economic Affairs to the Ministry of Technology, and then to the Department of the Environment
Accruals: No future accruals expected

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