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Ministry of Housing and Local Government and Department of the Environment: Local...
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| Reference | HLG 154 |
|---|---|
| Title | Ministry of Housing and Local Government and Department of the Environment: Local Government Finance Division and Successor: Registered Files (FIN Series) |
| Date | 1939-1977 |
| Description | These records of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government and Department of the Environment's Local Government Finance Division and successor document the administration of local government finance. They include internal minutes and memoranda and correspondence. |
| Arrangement | The records are arranged in original file reference order within each transfer. |
| Related material |
For further records on local government finance see: AT 30 AT 37 AT 47 AT 53 |
| Separated material |
Some files from this series were re-registered into Department of the Environment series: see |
| Held by | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department | FIN file series |
| Legal status | Public Record(s) |
| Language |
English |
| Creator |
Department of the Environment, Finance Divisions, 1970-1976 Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Local Government Division and Local Government Finance Division, 1951-1970 Ministry of Local Government and Planning, 1951 |
| Physical description | 236 file(s) |
| Access conditions | Open |
| Immediate source of acquisition |
From 2002 Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions |
| Custodial history | Transferred from the Department of the Environment to the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions in 1997 |
| Accumulation dates | Series ran from 1951 to 1974 |
| Accruals | Series is accruing |
| Selection and destruction information | Records have been selected for permanent preservation according to the principles set out in the Department of the Environment OSP, Housing, Section 4.1. These include files on the following topics; policy on the introduction and administration of rent rebates and the rate support grant, and the implications of selective employment tax (SET). Records relating to routine casework and public correspondence have not been preserved. A maximum of 35m of records dating up to 1974 remain to be appraised. The proportion which will justify permanent preservation is unknown. |
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