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Home Office and Department of Health and Social Security: Children (CHN Symbol Series)...
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| Reference | BN 29 |
|---|---|
| Title | Home Office and Department of Health and Social Security: Children (CHN Symbol Series) Files |
| Date | 1935-1992 |
| Description | This series includes Home Office and Department of Health and Social Security policy files on the adoption and detention of children, children in care and after-care and hostel arangements, the child care inspectorate and the training of child care staff (including minutes and papers of the Central Training Council and of the Advisory Council in Child Care, the Standing Advisory Committee on Juvenile Delinquency, the Advisory Council on the Treatment of Offenders and of the National Nursery Examination Board). The series also contains papers on statistics, adoption bill papers, papers relating to the Children and Young persons Bill (1968) and Act (1969), and papers of the General Council in Child Care conferences, and minutes of meetings. There are files on legislation and London government reorganisation relating to children in care. There are also circulars issued by the children's department and files on central and local administration. |
| Arrangement | The Home Office CHN (Children) series originated in 1949 when the system of registering files under a series of symbols (eg CHN) began to replace the older system whereby files were given a simple six figure reference number. |
| Related material |
Finance files of the Home Office and Department of Health and Social Security are in HO 362 MH 102 MH 109 Records of approved schools etc. are in HO 349 For Home Office files relating to children see: |
| Held by | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department | CHN Symbol file series |
| Legal status | Public Record(s) |
| Language |
English |
| Creator |
Department of Health, 1988 Department of Health and Social Security, Child Care Division, 1985-1987 Department of Health and Social Security, Children, Maternity and Prevention Division, 1987-1988 Department of Health and Social Security, Childrens Division, 1971-1985 Home Office, Childrens Branch, 1924-1949 Home Office, Childrens Department, 1949-1971 |
| Physical description | 2977 file(s) |
| Access conditions | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition |
in 2001 Department of Health |
| Accruals | Series is accruing |
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