The Department of Defence Production was an

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department that existed between May 1951 and April 1958.

Scope

Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the Department's annual reports. The Department was created with responsibility for the manufacture and supply of munitions (armaments, ammunition, weapons, machine tools, war chemicals, radar), aircraft production and defence

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Structure

The Department was a

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department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Defence Production.

References

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