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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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Date Valuesort descending Title
82 Mar 30 Tu Major Broadcasting: Geoffrey Howe minute to Willie Whitelaw ("BBC Pay") [proposed increase in basic salaries] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Apr 3 Sa Major Broadcasting: Willie Whitelaw minute to Geoffrey Howe ("B.B.C. Pay") [BBC have to live within the revenue raised by licence fees] [declassified Dec 2014]
83 Mar 30 We Major Broadcasting: Willie Whitelaw minute to MT ("B.B.C. Pay") [proposed settlement with unions] [declassified Dec 2014]
83 Mar 14 Mo Major Broadcasting: Francis Pym minute to Leon Brittan (BBC pay) [External Services' pay] [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]
83 Feb 21 Mo Major Broadcasting: Leon Brittan minute toFrancis Pym ("BBC External Services Pay") [cannot accept proposal of removing pay from cash limits] [declassified Dec 2014]
83 Mar 22 Tu Major Broadcasting: Leon Brittan minute toFrancis Pym ("BBC External Services: Pay") [scope for further examination by officials] [declassified Dec 2014]
83 Apr 10 Su Major Broadcasting: Willie Whitelaw minute to Leon Brittan (BBC External Services Pay) [options available] [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 Apr 29 Fr Major Broadcasting: Geoffrey Howe minute to Willie Whitelaw (BBC Pay) [should take "a critical look at the limited amount of BBC expenditure which we can directly control"] [declassified Dec 2014]
83 Sep 22 Th Major Broadcasting: Geoffrey Howe minute to Peter Rees ("BBC External Services: The Pay Problem") [subjection to cash limits] [declassified Dec 2014]
83 Aug 1 Mo Major Broadcasting: Geoffrey Howe minute to Peter Rees ("BBC External Services") [MT note: "they cannot go on increasing pay like this" and keep an "inefficient operation"] [declassified Dec 2014]
83 Aug 10 We Major Broadcasting: Peter Rees minute to Geoffrey Howe ("BBC External Services") [BBC should be told to live within their cash provision] [declassified Dec 2014]
83 Nov 14 Mo Major Broadcasting: Peter Rees minute to Geoffrey Howe ("BBC External Services: The Pay Problem") [should rigorously scrutinise BBC spending plans] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Feb 12 Su Major Broadcasting: Rees PS minute to Howe PS ("Proposed Review of the BBC External Services") [review of efficiency and effectiveness] [declassified Dec 2014]
83 Oct 3 Mo Major Broadcasting: Leon Brittan minute to Geoffrey Howe ("BBC External Services: The Pay Problem") [proposed changes could be difficult to defend] [declassified Dec 2014]
79 Jul 18 We Major Broadcasting: Geoffrey Howe minute to Willie Whitelaw (TV licence fee) [proposed timing of increase] [declassified Dec 2014]
79 Jul 6 Fr Major Broadcasting: Willie Whitelaw minute to Geoffrey Howe ("Telvision Licence Fees") [timing and size of increases] [declassified Dec 2014]
79 Jul 10 Tu Major Broadcasting: John Hoskyns minute to MT ("Telvision Licence Fees") [probably better to do fees on an annual basis] [declassified Dec 2014]
79 Jul 10 Tu Major Broadcasting: Willie Whitelaw minute to MT ("Telvision Licence Fees") [proposal for part funding from advertising would be controversial] [declassified Dec 2014]