RC5/5 Lewis Public Assistance Joint Committee, Lewis, Scotland Tasglann nan Eilean Siar, Stornoway

Lews Castle Stornoway HS2 0XR Telephone: 01851 822750 Email: archives@cne-siar.gov.uk http://www.tasglann.org.uk/en

2012-06-27 Generated by qubit 1.2 2026-03-08 16:49:UTC English Lewis Public Assistance Joint Committee, Lewis, Scotland GB3002 RC5/5 1930-1975 Lewis Public Assistance Joint Committee 17 volumes Tasglann nan Eilean Siar, Stornoway

Lews Castle Stornoway HS2 0XR Telephone: 01851 822750 Email: archives@cne-siar.gov.uk http://www.tasglann.org.uk/en

English

Set up under the Local Government Act 1929, Lewis District Committee took over the poor law functions of the former parishes of Lewis: Barvas, Lochs, Stornoway and Uig. The Public Assistance Committee was itself abolished by the National insurance Act 1948 although the joint committee appears to have continued.

Applications for relief 1930-1948; transitional payments 1937-1975

Arranged into series. Within series, items are arranged chronologically.

Lewis Public Assistance Joint Committee Poor Poverty alleviation

Paper volumes

Internal transfer from Museum nan Eilean (Accn 2011-13)

The first minutes of the Public Assistance Joint Committee are entered into the final minute book of Stornoway Parish Council for 1930-1943, catalogued as part of the Stornoway Parish Council collection GB3002 RC5/3 Records of Stornoway Parish Council 1845-1943 (held by Tasglann nan Eilean Siar) GB3002 RC5/1 Records of Barvas Parish Council 1884-1930 (held by Tasglann nan Eilean Siar) GB3002 RC5/2 Records of Lochs Parish Council 1890-1930 (held by Tasglann nan Eilean Siar) GB3002 RC5/4 Records of Uig Parish Council 1885-1930 (held by Tasglann nan Eilean Siar) GB3002 RC5/6 Records of Lewis Combination Poorhouse/Coulregrein House 1893-1970 (held by Tasglann nan Eilean Siar)

Open. Some records containing personal data are closed for 75 years from the last date in the volume for records relating to adults and 100 years for records relating to children.

Digital and paper item level list available in searchroom of Tasglann nan Eilean Siar

Applications for relief 1 1930-1948 16 volumes

As applications contain personal data about both adults and children, they are closed to public access for 100 years.

Applications for relief R1.250 1930-1932 1 volume

Closed 100 years. Open 2033.

Applications for relief R1.251 1930-1937 1 item

Closed. Open 2038.

Applications for relief R1.252 1930-1938 1 volume

Closed 100 years. Open 2039.

Applications for relief R1.253 1932-1933 1 volume

Closed 100 years. Open 2034.

Applications for relief R1.254 1933-1934 1 volume

Closed 100 years. Open 2035.

Applications for relief R1.255 1934 1 volume

Closed. Open 2035

Applications for relief R1.256 1934-1935 1 volume

Closed 100 years. Open 2036.

Applications for relief R1.257 1935-1937 1 volume

Closed. Open 2038.

Applications for relief R1.258 1937-1938 1 volume

Closed 100 years. Open 2039.

Applications for relief R1.259 1937-1947 1 volume

Closed. Open 2048.

Applications for relief R1.260 1938-1940 1 volume

Closed 100 years. Open 2044.

Applications for relief R1.261 1938-1943 1 volume

Closed 100 years. Open 2044.

Applications for relief R1.262 1940-1943 1 volume

Closed 100 years. Open 2044.

Applications for relief R1.263 1943-1947 1 volume

Closed 100 years. Open 2048.

Applications for relief R1.264 1943-1947 1 volume

Closed 100 years. Open 2048.

Applications for relief R1.265 1947-1948 1 volume

Closed 100 years. Open 2049.

Transitional payments 2 1935-1975 1 volume

As these records contain personal data about both adults and children, they are closed to public access for 100 years.

Record of applications for transitional payments. Includes lists of admissions to Coulegrein House and Dun Berisay 1971-1975 R1.267 1935-1970, 1971-1975 1 volume

Closed for 100 years. Open 2076.