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 851 - 900 of 1089

File name	Title	Begins	Ends	Release date	Classification	Pages
T640/1099	Monetary policy (Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin)	89 Jan 18	89 Aug 24	2014	Confidential	88
T640/1101	Monetary policy (New Government Broker at the Bank of England)	89 Aug 3	89 Sep 25	2014	Confidential	14
T640/1105	Political (Treasury and Civil Service Select Committee papers 1989)	88 Jan 10	89 Jan 24	2014	Restricted	22
T640/1106	Monetary policy (Department for National Savings: strategy and packages)	87 Mar 9	89 Feb 10	2014	Secret	212
T640/1107	Privatisation (British Leyland and Rover Group: privatisation)	87 Apr 23	89 Jul 13	2014	Secret	143
T640/1109	Privatisation (Retention of Magnox power stations)	89 Jul 21	89 Jul 24	2014	Confidential	36
T640/1111	Budget (Funding policy and arithmetic: alternative to buying back gilts)	87 Dec 1	89 May 16	2014	Secret	134
T640/1112	Budget (Funding policy and arithmetic: alternative to buying back gilts)	89 Jun 2	89 Oct 24	2014	Secret	99
T640/1113	Economy (The future of Appledore Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd)	89 Jan 25	89 Feb 8	2014	Confidential	21
T640/1114	Economy (Funding policy and arithmetic: alternative to buying back gilts)	87 Jul 14	89 Feb 22	2014	Secret	71
T640/1116	Economy (The financial position of British Shipbuilders Corporation)	87 Nov 18	89 Feb 24	2014	Personal & Secret	30
T640/1117	Public expenditure (Severance funding for registered dockworkers in London and Liverpool)	87 Dec 8	89 Feb 27	2014	Secret	35
T640/1118	Privatisation (Ports Bill: privatisation of ports)	87 Jun 15	89 Mar 10	2014	Secret	82
T640/1119	Economy (The National Dock Labour Scheme)	87 Jun 29	89 Feb 28	2014	Personal & Secret	156
T640/1120	Economy (The National Dock Labour Scheme)	89 Mar 2	89 May 18	2014	Personal & Secret	166
T640/1121	Economy (The Economic Progress Report 1987-1989)	87 Jan 29	89 Sep 20	2014	Confidential	244
T640/1124	Economy (Meetings with the Nationalised Industries' Chairmen's Group)	87 Jul 13	89 Dec 20	2014	Restricted	80
T640/1126	Europe (European Community Insider Dealing Directive)	89 May 24	89 Jun 20	2014	Restricted	23
T640/1127	Europe (Proposals to join the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM))	88 Sep 27	88 Sep 28	2014	Personal & Secret	222
T640/1128	Europe (Future financing of the European Community)	88 Mar 18	89 Jul 18	2014	Confidential	160
T640/1129	Political (Inquiry into Hillsborough Stadium Disaster (Taylor Inquiry))	89 Jul 28	89 Aug 3	2014	Secret	18
T640/1130	Political (Football Spectators Bill)	88 Nov 24	89 Jan 17	2014	Confidential	30
T640/1131	Local Government (Housing and Local Government Bill)	88 Jul 21	89 Feb 16	2012	Confidential	64
T640/1132	Political (War Crimes Inquiry: action against World War II war criminals now living in Great Britain)	89 Jun 29	89 Oct 9	2014	Secret	233
T640/1133	International (Japan: current account surplus and structural reform)	89 Jan 23	89 May 17	2014	Confidential	71
T640/1134	Economy (Proposals for the new millennium)	89 Sep 5	89 Sep 6	2014	Confidential	19
T640/1135	Housing (Proposals to encourage home ownership amongst members of the Armed Forces)	88 Nov 4	89 Feb 1	2014	Confidential	22
T640/1136	Civil service (Employment training in the Civil Service)	89 Mar 2	89 Jun 7	2014	Confidential	19
T640/1137	Economy (Labour market unemployment statistics 1989)	89 Jun 12	89 Jul 11	2014	Confidential	88
T640/1138	Employment (Review of the Youth Training Scheme (YTS))	89 May 25	89 Jun 28	2014	Confidential	63
T640/1139	Europe (Labour mobility in Europe)	89 Jun 27	89 Jul 3	2014	Restricted	19
T640/1140	Economy (Cabinet Office: home affairs; the change to British summer time)	89 Sep 27	89 Oct 3	2014	Confidential	16
T640/1141	Trade unions (Proposals for further reform of industrial relations law)	89 Jul 11	89 Jul 11	2014	Secret	8
T640/1142	Political (Parliamentary committees and Private Members' bills)	89 Jan 11	89 Feb 24	2014	Confidential	105
T640/1143	Economy (The future of the Co-operative Development Agency)	88 Aug 31	89 Jul 7	2014	Confidential	45
T640/1144	International (Chancellor of the Exchequer's meeting with Nicholas Brady, the new US Treasury Secretary, to discuss international debt)	89 Jan 12	89 Feb 1	2014	Secret	114
T640/1145	International (Group of Seven (G7) meeting to discuss the international financial scene, January 1989)	88 Dec 13	89 Jan 31	2014	Secret	171
T640/1146	International (Group of Seven (G7) meeting to discuss the international financial scene, January 1989)	89 Feb 1	89 Feb 8	2014	Confidential	80
T640/1147	Economy (Publication of Welsh companies' accounts in the Welsh language)	88 Dec 19	89 Feb 8	2014	Unclassified	11
T640/1148	Political (Inland Revenue survey on non-domestic rates: Parliamentary question from Dr John Cunningham MP)	89 Feb 20	89 Feb 27	2014	Confidential	18
T640/1149	Economy (Economic forecasting 1989)	89 Jan 25	89 Jul 10	2014	Confidential	91
T640/1150	Europe (Payment of the candidate's deposit at the European Assembly elections)	89 Jan 10	89 Jan 31	2014	Unclassified	7
T640/1151	NHS (Review of welfare provision and the National Health Service (NHS))	89 Jan 18	89 Jul 20	2014	Secret	155
T640/1152	Europe (Visits and bilaterals between British and French Ministers 1987-1988)	88 Oct 3	89 Feb 13	2014	Confidential	210
T640/1153	Public spending (Working Group on Disruption to the Prison Service)	89 Apr 25	89 May 15	2014	Personal & Secret	50
T640/1154	Public spending (Government contributions to national disaster funds)	89 Jan 10	89 May 11	2014	Confidential	54
T640/1156	Administration (Proposals to introduce a voluntary identity card scheme)	89 Mar 29	89 Apr 28	2014	Confidential	18
T640/1157	Housing (House prices: Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors survey for England and Wales for the quarter ending October 1988)	88 Nov 22	89 Jan 31	2014	Confidential	183
T640/1158	Housing (House prices: Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors survey for England and Wales for the quarter ending October 1988)	89 Feb 2	89 Apr 28	2014	Personal & Secret	143
T640/1159	Housing (House prices: Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors survey for England and Wales for the quarter ending October 1988)	89 May 12	89 Jul 27	2014	Confidential	35