Public Assistance Committee

A Public Assistance Committee (PAC[1]), in the UK, was a body locally created after the abolition of the boards of guardians in 1930[2] by the Local Government Act 1929, when their powers and responsibilities for poor relief were passed to county and county borough councils, and workhouses were also abolished. PACs were replaced by Social Welfare Committees from 1940; they were themselves wound up from 1948.[3]

References
  1. Orwell, George (1937). "Chapter 5". The Road to Wigan Pier.
  2. "Poor Law and Workhouse Records: Public Assistance Committee". Manchester City Council. p. 14. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011.
  3. "RECORDS OF THE GUARDIANS OF THE POOR OF THE MANCHESTER, CHORLTON AND PRESTWICH UNIONS". The National Archives: 127 - Manchester Archives and Local Studies. Retrieved 17 January 2021.


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