Ministry of Supply [SEP] dissolved or abolished
The Ministry of Aircraft Production was abolished in 1946, and the MoS took over its responsibilities for aircraft, including the associated research establishments. In the same year it also took on increased responsibilities for atomic weapons, including the H-bomb development programme.
The Ministry of Supply was abolished in late 1959 and its responsibilities passed to the Ministry of Aviation, the War Office and the Air Ministry. The latter two ministries were subsequently merged with the Admiralty to form the Ministry of Defence.
The Ministry of Supply instigated the
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- 10 April – Shetland ferry runs aground on Mousa and is lost.
- 30 April – first section of the 132kV AC National Grid, the Central Scotland Electricity Scheme, is switched on in Edinburgh.
- 16 May – Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 comes into effect. Parish councils and Commissioners of Supply are dissolved and other local government units reconstituted, merged or abolished. In policy matters, the counties of Perthshire and Kinross-shire, and of Moray and Nairnshire, are to act jointly