Catalogue description Records of the Employment Policy Divisions

Details of Division within LAB
Reference: Division within LAB
Title: Records of the Employment Policy Divisions
Description:

Records of the Employment Policy Divisions of the Ministry of Labour and National Service and successors.

Registered files of the Manpower and Productivity Service Division are in LAB 107, with those of the Economic Policy (Manpower) Division in LAB 108 and LAB 117, and the Work Research Unit in LAB 119. Files on foreign labour are in LAB 109 and race relations in LAB 115. Careers Service registered files are in LAB 122.
Date: 1946-1984
Related material:

For policy files of the Ministry of Labour and successor bodies relating to manpower and various aspects of employment policy see LAB 8
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department of Employment, Employment Policy (Manpower) Division, 1970-1972

Department of Employment, Employment Policy and Manpower Division, 1972-1975
Physical description: 6 series
Administrative / biographical background:

The Economic Policy (Manpower) Division was set up in 1970, following the establishment of the Department of Employment. The division later became part of a larger unit known as Employment Policy and Manpower, which also contained the Industrial Relations Division and Manpower General Division. By 1974 the division was organised into three branches, A, B, C and D, which were responsible for regional and local employment; queries relating to redundancy and superannuation arising from war service; relations with the MSC, the Training Services Agency and the Employment Services Agency; and the European Social Fund respectively.

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