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Ministry of Power and predecessors and successors: Establishments Division: Correspondence...

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Reference POWE 10
Title Ministry of Power and predecessors and successors: Establishments Division: Correspondence and Papers
Date 1887-1973
Description

From 1920 to 1942 these are mainly records of the Establishment Division of the Mines Department and subsequently of the Establishments Division of the Ministries of Fuel and Power and of Power.

Included in the series are records of the Industrial Department of the Home Office concerning the safety and welfare of the mine workers, and certain Board of Trade papers relating to the coal, gas, petroleum and electricity industries, and papers relating to those bodies' structure and functions, and papers covering staffing, pay, trade union matters and to departmental and other committees.

Some later files are also concerned with the post-war reorganisation of the coal, gas, electricity, and iron and steel industries, their relations with various government departments and relevant staff superannuation schemes.
Arrangement

POWE 10/1-297 are arranged by 13 numbered subjects. POWE 10/298 onwards are arranged by former reference. The 13 numbered subjects of POWE 10/1-297 are:

1. Accounts and Estimates:Departmental EstimatesAccounts and AccountingPayment of Fees2. Board for Mining Examinations (Mining Qualifications Board)3. Departmental Organisation, Staffing and Functions:General questionsPetroleum OrganisationElectricity CommissionCoal Valuation BoardsRegional Coal Organisation4. Emergency Regulations5. Gallantry Awards6. Miners' Welfare CommissionMiners' Welfare FundMiners' Welfare National Scholarship SchemeMiners' Welfare Committee and Commission7. Mines Inspectorate8. National Coal Board (prior to nationalisation)9. Patents: Procedure for Assignment10. Plans of Abandoned Mines11. Public Boards, Committees and Commissions.Electricity CommissionDepartmental and other CommitteesCommittees of Investigation; Coal Act, 193012. Safety in Mines Research Board (Safety in Mines Research Establishment)13. Superannuation
Related material

For files in the EST series produced by the Establishment Division of the Department of Energy, and a few re-registered Ministry of Power establishment files, see EG 10

For other related records see BX

For files in the E series see HF 6

Separated material

For re-registered files on establishment matters see

FV 35
Held by The National Archives, Kew
Legal status Public Record(s)
Language

English
Physical description 879 file(s)
Access conditions Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

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