The Chancellor of the Exchequer's secret files (Lawson)

In 2012 www.margaretthatcher.org uncovered through an FOI request the existence of a vast cache of secret papers stored at H.M. Treasury, some 4,850 files from the Private Office of successive Chancellors (and Chief Secretaries) between 1979 and 1997.

The bulk of Nigel Lawson's files, 1983-89, were released at TNA in early 2018 and have been digitised; they are being uploaded progressively and many are now available.

Below are links to the downloadable files in numerical order. The original file names have been modified to convey content more readily. An average file has around 100 pages.

Showing items 801 - 850 of 1089

File name	Title	Begins	Ends	Release date	Classification	Pages
T640/1034/1	Budget (Customs)	84 Nov 16	86 Dec 19	2014	Secret	262
T640/1034/2	Budget (Customs)	87 Jan 8	87 Mar 27	2014	Secret	249
T640/1034/3	Budget (Customs)	87 Jan 14	88 Nov 14	2014	Confidential	197
T640/1035/1	Economy (Trade, export and customs)	85 Dec 5	86 Dec 29	2014	Secret	215
T640/1035/2	Economy (Trade, export and customs)	87 Jan 2	87 Aug 6	2014	Secret	201
T640/1035/2	Economy (Trade, export and customs)	88 Apr 22	88 Jul 5	2014	Secret	155
T640/1036	Economy (Defence: general papers)	88 Jul 28	88 Nov 7	2014	Secret	113
T640/1037/2	Public spending (Pensions: general papers)	88 Jun 27	88 Nov 16	2014	Secret	324
T640/1038	Budget (Budget 1988: the unleaded petrol duty differential 1988)	87 Oct 8	88 Jan 21	2014	Confidential	56
T640/1039	Budget (Fringe benefits tax)	87 Mar 12	88 Mar 10	2014	Secret	98
T640/1040	Budget (Chevening papers 1988)	88 Jan 6	88 Jan 18	2014	Secret	28
T640/1044	Economy (Miscellaneous papers; concerning interest rates and mortgage lending, alternative uses of agricultural land and sources of rural employment, 1987-88 cash limited)	86 Jan 29	88 Jul 12	2014	Personal & Secret	92
T640/1046	International (Group of Five (G5) and Group of Seven (G7) meeting: Commonwealth Consultative Group)	84 Nov 23	88 Jul 6	2014	Secret	137
T640/1047	Political (Chancellor of the Exchequer's speeches)	88 Apr 14	88 Oct 20	2014	Confidential	203
T640/1048	Public spending (Budget 1988: Chancellor of the Exchequer's meetings)	88 Jan 15	88 Mar 2	2014	Confidential	34
T640/1049	NHS (Chief Executive of the National Health Service (NHS) Management Board)	88 Nov 22	88 Dec 1	2014	Secret	12
T640/1050/1	Political (Chancellor of the Exchequer's speeches)	88 Apr 23	88 Jun 27	2014	Unclassified	206
T640/1050/2	Political (Chancellor of the Exchequer's speeches)	88 May 11	88 Jun 3	2014	Unclassified	216
T640/1051	Political (Chancellor of the Exchequer's speeches)	89 Jan 25	89 Oct 19	2014	Unclassified	92
T640/1052	Political (Arrangements for the transition of the sovereignty of Hong Kong in 1997)	88 Mar 1	89 Jan 3	2014	Secret	157
T640/1053	Economy (The National Economic Development Council)	88 Nov 2	89 Jan 6	2014	Confidential	211
T640/1054	Economy (The National Economic Development Council)	89 Jan 6	89 Mar 20	2014	Confidential	165
T640/1055	Economy (The National Economic Development Council)	89 Mar 20	89 Jun 22	2014	Confidential	204
T640/1056	Economy (The National Economic Development Council)	89 Jun 22	89 Jul 31	2014	Confidential	220
T640/1057	Economy (The National Economic Development Council)	89 Aug 1	89 Nov 1	2014	Confidential	65
T640/1058	Economy (Review of the National Health Service (NHS))	88 Dec 20	89 Jan 4	2014	Secret	186
T640/1059	Economy (Review of the National Health Service (NHS))	89 Jan 5	89 Jan 13	2014	Secret	256
T640/1060	Economy (Review of the National Health Service (NHS))	89 Jan 16	89 Jan 27	2014	Secret	183
T640/1061	Economy (Review of the National Health Service (NHS))	89 Jan 30	89 May 9	2014	Confidential	147
T640/1062	Economy (Review of the National Health Service (NHS))	89 May 10	89 Sep 12	2014	Secret	112
T640/1063	Economy (Productivity and investment in UK industries)	88 Nov 15	89 Oct 16	2014	Confidential	184
T640/1064	Budget (Possible areas in which to introduce new taxes)	87 Dec 2	89 Jul 20	2014	Secret	116
T640/1065	Monetary policy (The Royal Mint: future coinage options)	87 Dec 21	89 Feb 15	2014	Personal & Confidential	144
T640/1074	Monetary policy (Chancellor of the Exchequer's papers on the money markets)	89 Jul 4	89 Sep 21	2014	Personal & Secret	31
T640/1075	Economy (Alliance and Leicester Building Society: possible acquisition of Girobank PLC)	88 Jul 5	89 Oct 16	2014	Confidential	115
T640/1076	Economy (Building societies: legislation)	88 Nov 9	89 Oct 24	2014	Confidential	168
T640/1077	Monetary policy (Chancellor of the Exchequer's papers on money figures and interest rates)	88 Dec 23	89 Dec 14	2014	Personal & Secret	178
T640/1079	Privatisation (Chancellor of the Exchequer's papers on privatisation policy)	89 May 24	89 Sep 21	2014	Confidential	85
T640/1081	Privatisation (Chancellor of the Exchequer's papers on the water industry, including privatisation)	89 Feb 15	89 Mar 14	2014	Confidential	161
T640/1086	Public spending (Chancellor of the Exchequer's papers on health and social security services)	88 Nov 14	89 Jan 25	2014	Secret	153
T640/1087	Public spending (Chancellor of the Exchequer's papers on health and social security services)	89 Jan 26	89 Mar 31	2014	Confidential	143
T640/1089	Public spending (Chancellor of the Exchequer's papers on public expenditure programmes and the Public Sector Borrowing Requirement (PSBR))	88 Jul 8	89 Jul 4	2014	Personal & Secret	209
T640/1090	Budget (The Community Charge and settlement of the Rate Support Grant (RSG) system)	89 Jan 9	89 Jan 26	2018	Confidential	48
T640/1091	Civil service (Chancellor of the Exchequer's papers on miscellaneous Treasury and Civil Service Committee (TCSC) appearances and enquiries)	89 Jan 12	89 Apr 7	2014	Secret	180
T640/1092	Civil service (Chancellor of the Exchequer's papers on miscellaneous Treasury and Civil Service Committee (TCSC) appearances and enquiries)	89 Apr 7	89 Apr 28	2014	Confidential	187
T640/1093	Civil service (Chancellor of the Exchequer's papers on miscellaneous Treasury and Civil Service Committee (TCSC) appearances and enquiries)	89 May 2	89 Jun 12	2014	Secret	178
T640/1094	Civil service (Chancellor of the Exchequer's papers on miscellaneous Treasury and Civil Service Committee (TCSC) appearances and enquiries)	89 Jun 12	89 Jun 26	2014	Confidential	71
T640/1096	International (Britain's relationship with Canada)	87 Aug 21	89 Feb 9	2014	Confidential	160
T640/1097	Europe (HM Customs and Excise: drug searching procedures)	88 Jul 20	89 Mar 23	2014	Restricted	24
T640/1098	Europe (European Community proposals on public procurement: upstream oil and gas sector)	89 Jan 9	89 Jul 21	2014	Confidential	87