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1979 Jul 6 - 1985 Mar 28
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1422
Broadcasting (Television licence fees: finances of BBC; pay in the BBC; review of external services) (Part 1)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 407
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84 Jul 13 Fr Major Broadcasting: Nicholas Edwards minute to Leon Brittan (TV licensing for self-catering establishments) [operation of a refund system] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Sep 24 Mo Major Broadcasting: Andrew Turnbull note to MT (BBC efficiency studies) [value for money study, external services] [declassified Dec 2014]
79 Nov 5 Mo Major Broadcasting: Bernard Ingham minute to Tim Lankester ("TV Licence, etc.") [possibility of advertising on the BBC] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 14 Fr Major Broadcasting: Bernard Ingham note of conversation (MT-Ian McIntyre, Controller BBC Radio 3) [BBC never adapting to loss of its broadcasting monopoly, has become "a powerful state within a state"; licence fee, programme quality, External Services] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 21 Th Major Broadcasting: Brittan PS minute to Lawson PS ("BBC Licence Fee") [statement on financing the BBC, Peacock review] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 27 We Major Broadcasting: Brittan PS minute to Lawson PS ("BBC Licence Fee") [statement on financing the BBC] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Aug 22 We Minor Broadcasting: Brittan PS minute to Nigel Barclay ("Proposed Review of TV Licence Fee Concessions") [criticism of 5p concessionary scheme] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Apr 19 Th Major Broadcasting: Brittan PS minute to Tebbit PS (TV licences and hotels) [additional fee structure] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jul 28 Sa Minor Broadcasting: Charles Powell minute to Howe PS ("Proposed Review of the BBC External Services") [MT wants to proceed with wider review] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 27 Tu Major Broadcasting: Charles Powell minute to Howe PS ("Review of BBC External Services") [MT looks forward to hearing views on how government should react] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Feb 4 Mo Major Broadcasting: Charles Powell minute to Howe PS ("Review of BBC External Services") [presentation of government's view] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 8 Tu Major Broadcasting: David Barclay minute to MT ("Meeting with the Home Secretary: Broadcasting") [licence fee, review of BBC funding] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 May 18 Fr Major Broadcasting: David Barclay note to MT (licence fee in hotels) [fees for additional rooms] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Feb 14 Th Minor Broadcasting: David Einstein letter to MT (Week in Politics interview) [high audience figures] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Feb 15 We Major Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to Clive Derby (TV licences and hotels) [unease about present arrangements] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Aug 21 Tu Major Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to Norman Fowler (TV licence) [independent review of concessionary scheme] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 May 29 Tu Major Broadcasting: Efficiency Unit minute to FCO ("Review of the BBC External Services") [present review as something normal and not a backdoor way of cutting down the External Services] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jun 7 Th Major Broadcasting: Efficiency Unit minute to John Coles ("Proposed Review of the BBC External Services") [fraught with political overtones] [declassified Dec 2014]
83 Apr 13 We Major Broadcasting: Francis Pym minute to Leon Brittan ("BBC External Services' Pay") [a political point requiring a long-term solution] [declassified Dec 2014]
83 Feb 4 Fr Major Broadcasting: Francis Pym minute to Leon Brittan ("BBC External Services' Pay") [subjection to cash limits] [declassified Dec 2014]