Catalogue description Transport Ministries: Centralised Licensing Administration (CLA Series) Files

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Details of MT 182
Reference: MT 182
Title: Transport Ministries: Centralised Licensing Administration (CLA Series) Files
Description:

This series contains registered files of the Centralised Licensing and Administration Division. The records concern policy on transfer of functions from local to central government.

Date: 1969-1973
Arrangement:

Former reference order by transfer

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: CLA file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department of the Environment, Centralised Licensing Administration Division, 1970-1972

Ministry of Transport, Centralised Licensing Administration Division, 1969-1970

Physical description: 8 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2000 Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Custodial history: Transferred to the Department of Transport in 1976 and the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions in 1997.
Accumulation dates: 1969-1972
Selection and destruction information: Policy files retained. Files containing reference documents regarding the reorganisation of local government and formulation of statutory instruments have not been selected for preservation.
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The Centralised Licensing and Administration Division was established in 1969 and was set up to administer the transfer of road vehicle registration and licensing from local to central government. It ceased to exist in 1972 when its functions were transferred to the newly established Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre (DVLC).

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