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Ministry of Defence: Permanent Under Secretary of State for Defence: Registered Files...
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| Reference | DEFE 23 |
|---|---|
| Title | Ministry of Defence: Permanent Under Secretary of State for Defence: Registered Files (D/PUS and PUS Series) |
| Date | 1956-2002 |
| Description | Registered files in the D/PUS series concerning the wide range of subjects dealt with by the professional head of civilian staff in the Ministry of Defence. They include a number of files on the Committee on the Civil Service 1966-1968 (the Fulton Committee) of which Sir James Dunnett was a member. |
| Related material |
Papers of the Committee on Civil Service are in BA 1 |
| Held by | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department | D/PUS and PUS file series |
| Legal status | Public Record(s) |
| Language |
English |
| Creator |
Ministry of Defence, Permanent Under Secretary of State for Defence, 1964 |
| Physical description | 390 file(s) |
| Access conditions | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition |
From 1995 Ministry of Defence |
| Accruals | Series is accruing |
| Administrative/ biographical background | Under the Defence (Transfer of Functions) Act 1964, the Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry were absorbed into an enlarged Ministry of Defence under a Secretary of State for Defence from 1 April 1964. As a result, the post of Permanent Under Secretary of State (PUS) for Defence was created. The PUS was the professional head of civilian staff in the Ministry of Defence and also a member of the Defence Council. The first PUS was Sir Henry Hardman, who had previously served as Permanent Secretary to the Minister of Defence and was succeeded as follows:- Sir Henry Hardman 1964-1966Sir James Dunnett 1966-1974Sir Michael Cary 1974-1976Sir Frank Cooper 1976-1982Sir Clive Whitmore 1983-1988Sir Michael Quinlan 1988-1992Sir Christopher France 1992 onwards |
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