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Home Office: Criminal (CRI and CCS Symbol Series) Files
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| Reference | HO 291 |
|---|---|
| Title | Home Office: Criminal (CRI and CCS Symbol Series) Files |
| Date | 1902-2004 |
| Description | Files from the CRI (Criminal) and CCS (Criminal Cases) symbol series relating to the functions and responsibilities of the Home Office with regard to the preparation of legislation and the administration of the law, as well as the overall management of the criminal justice system. Much of the work involves liaison with the Lord Chancellor's Department and the series includes files on the provision of legal aid in criminal cases transferred by the Lord Chancellor's Department which became responsible for all legal aid from c.1981. They include papers of the Working Party on Legal Aid in Criminal Cases, 1960-1963 and the Departmental Committee on Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings, set up in 1964 following the working party's report. |
| Arrangement | The papers in this series are arranged by departmental file number. The inclusion of a date before or after a file number (as in CRI (1960)2/12/1 or 70/2/11(60)) indicates the year in which the file is supposed to have been created, but often it only indicates the year in which the first subfile was raised on a particular subject. |
| Separated material |
Included amongst the papers of the committees are some Long Papers which were given local registration numbers but which were linked to CRI files. These papers have been listed in full under the reference of the CRI file to which they were annexed. They are in |
| Held by | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department | CRI and CCS Symbol file series |
| Legal status | Public Record(s) |
| Language |
English |
| Creator |
Home Office, 1782 Home Office, Criminal Department, 1793-1913 Home Office, Criminal Department, 1960-1975 Home Office, Criminal Department, 1983-1986 Home Office, Criminal Division, 1949-1959 Home Office, Criminal Policy Department, 1976-1982 Home Office, Criminal Policy Department, 1987 |
| Physical description | 2794 file(s) |
| Access conditions | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition |
From 1986 Home Office |
| Accruals | Series is accruing |
| Administrative/ biographical background | The CCS series was in use for files relating to individual criminal cases. After its discontinuance in 1984 such case files were registered in the CRI series. |
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