Catalogue description Transport Ministries: Economics, Local and Road Transport (ECLRT Series) Files

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Details of MT 195
Reference: MT 195
Title: Transport Ministries: Economics, Local and Road Transport (ECLRT Series) Files
Description:

The records provide details about the economics of traffic restraint policies, and general urban transport economics; the economics of the bus industry and the economics of traffic models.

Date: 1978-1989
Arrangement:

Within each transfer the records are arranged in former reference order thereby reflecting their original administrative order.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: ECLRT
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department of Transport, Economics (Transport), 1985-1993

Departments of the Environment and Transport - Common Services, 1976-1989
Physical description: 26 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2005 Department for Transport
Custodial history: Since the file series ceased to accrue the records have been in the custody of the Department of Transport (1987-1997), The Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1997-2001), the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions (2001-2002) and the Department for Transport (2002 to date).
Accumulation dates: 1977 to 1987
Selection and destruction information: The files have been selected as they reflect the economic, social and demographic condition of the UK, as documented by the state's dealings with individuals, communities and organisations outside its own formal boundaries (2.2.2.1 of PRO's Acquisition Policy).
Accruals: The series will accrue.
Administrative / biographical background:

The Economics, Local and Road Transport Division was set up in 1977 within the Economics and Statistics Group of the Department of the Environment and Transport Common Services. It was responsible for the economic aspects of road transport. In 1985 the Division's functions were transferred to the Economics (Transport) Division of the Department of Transport. The file series ceased in 1991.

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