Catalogue description Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Local Government Division, and Department of the Environment: Local Government General Policy and Procedure, Registered Files (LG Series)

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Details of HLG 120
Reference: HLG 120
Title: Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Local Government Division, and Department of the Environment: Local Government General Policy and Procedure, Registered Files (LG Series)
Description:

This series contains files of the Local Government Division of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government and subsequently of the Department of the Environment. They concern local government boundaries and organisation, loan consents, planning matters, local government policy and radioactive substances. Some files relate to specific local authorities and areas. Subjects discussed in the files include the disposal of radioactive wastes, the licensing of nuclear installations, markets, air pollution, coastal protection, sport, water supplies, pedestrian walkways and local parliamentary bills.

This series also includes papers of the Family Services Committee on Local Authority and Allied Personal Social Services (Seebohm Committee) and of the Working Party on Refuse Collection. Some files have been reregistered from the 91000 series.

Date: 1875-1995
Separated material:

Some files from this series were re-registered into Department of the Environment series see:

AT 31

AT 34

AT 40

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

Department of the Environment, 1970-1997

Ministry of Housing and Local Government, 1951-1970

Ministry of Local Government and Planning, 1951-1951

Physical description: 3454 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1986 Department of the Environment

Accruals: Series is accruing
Unpublished finding aids:

Keys A and B and Theme Lists A and B with series list

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