| Level | Item |
| Reference Number (click to see whole series/group) | G15/211 |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Title | SECRETARY'S FILES: SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE ACCOUNTANT'S DEPARTMENT, 1943 |
| Date | 11 Sep 1941 - 25 Oct 1944 |
| Admin History | In the 1941 the Bank asked the National Council for Social Service (NCSS) to undertake an investigation into the advantages and disadvantages of wartime evacuation from London by businesses, and whether such moves might be made permanent at the end of the war. Although prompted by the fact that the Bank had its Accountant's Department in Hurstbourne, Hampshire, the 'dispersal survey' also obtained evidence from banks, railways, and insurance companies and other firms. The study was completed in 1943 and published in 1944. |
| Description | Correspondence about establishing the survey; reports on the views of staff at Hurstbourne and the findings of the NCSS; copy of draft report, August 1943; copy of final report 'Dispersal'. |
| Original Reference | P65_05 |
| Keyword | Second World War; World War Two; WWII |