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 901 - 950 of 1089

File name	Title	Begins	Ends	Release date	Classification	Pages
T640/1160	Economy (The legal profession in Scotland)	89 Feb 15	89 Mar 7	2014	Confidential	213
T640/1161	Economy (Green Paper on the reform of the legal profession)	88 Oct 6	89 Jan 9	2014	Confidential	230
T640/1162	Economy (Green Paper on the reform of the legal profession)	89 Jan 10	89 May 31	2014	Confidential	182
T640/1163	Economy (Green Paper on the reform of the legal profession)	89 Jun 13	89 Jul 14	2014	Confidential	348
T640/1164	Local Government (Local authority capital expenditure and rate settlements 1989)	89 Feb 2	89 May 31	2014	Confidential	179
T640/1165	Local Government (Local authority capital expenditure and rate settlements 1989)	89 Jun 9	89 Jul 18	2014	Confidential	172
T640/1166	Local Government (Local authority investment in gilts)	89 Apr 10	89 Apr 14	2014	Unclassified	11
T640/1166	Economy (Future of Rolls-Royce)	88 Jan 28	89 Aug 25	2014	Confidential	97
T640/1167	Economy (Public Land Utilisation Management schemes)	88 Nov 30	89 Mar 9	2014	Restricted	87
T640/1168	Local Government (Local authorities interest rate swaps and options: legal case against Hammersmith and Fulham Council)	88 Aug 5	89 Mar 22	2014	Secret	139
T640/1171	Economy (Trends in the motor industry)	86 Jan 23	89 Oct 19	2014	Secret	124
T640/1172	Budget (Transitional arrangements for a uniform business rate)	88 Feb 29	89 Jan 19	2014	Secret	144
T640/1173	Budget (Transitional arrangements for a uniform business rate)	89 Jan 20	89 Mar 22	2014	Secret	177
T640/1174	Budget (Transitional arrangements for a uniform business rate)	70 Apr 18	89 Jul 26	2014	Secret	202
T640/1175	Public spending (Proposed traffic relief programmes for Parliament Square)	88 Oct 7	89 Jan 18	2014	Confidential	28
T640/1176	Transport (Transport in London Docklands)	89 Jan 13	89 Jan 19	2014	Confidential	29
T640/1177	Transport (Future investments in roads)	89 Jan 4	89 Feb 20	2014	Confidential	77
T640/1179	International (The Japanese economy)	88 Jul 7	89 Feb 13	2014	Confidential	172
T640/1181	Administration (Information Technology (IT) in government departments)	88 Nov 7	89 Apr 28	2014	Unclassified	40
T640/1184	International (Visits and meetings between British and American ministers 1987-1988)	88 Oct 4	89 Feb 13	2014	Secret	70
T640/1185	International (African and Sub-Saharan debt relief initiatives)	89 Jan 6	89 May 19	2014	Confidential	76
T640/1186	International (Debt relief in South America and the Caribbean)	88 Nov 8	89 Apr 19	2014	Confidential	50
T640/1189	Community Charge (The Community Charge safety net)	88 Dec 15	89 May 31	2014	Confidential	137
T640/1190	Community Charge (The Community Charge safety net)	89 Jun 5	89 Aug 30	2014	Personal & Secret	172
T640/1191	Community Charge (The Community Charge safety net)	89 Sep 1	89 Sep 27	2014	Personal & Secret	195
T640/1192	Public spending (Teachers' pay and conditions of service)	88 Dec 27	89 Jun 13	2014	Confidential	75
T640/1193	Public spending (Police forces pay and conditions of service)	88 Nov 15	89 Jul 26	2014	Confidential	141
T640/1194	Economy (Unit wage, salary costs and productivity briefs)	89 Jan 18	89 Aug 16	2014	Confidential	42
T640/1195	Public spending (Speaker of the House of Commons' official entertainment)	89 Feb 1	89 Mar 1	2014	Confidential	37
T640/1196	Public spending (Lord Chancellor's Salary Order 1989)	89 Feb 9	89 Mar 16	2014	Personal & Secret	84
T640/1198	Budget (Budget consultations 1989)	88 Mar 2	89 Feb 6	2014	Personal & Secret	120
T640/1199	Budget (Budget briefing 1989)	77 Feb 28	89 Mar 7	2014	Secret	353
T640/1200	Budget (Budget briefing 1989)	89 Mar 8	89 Mar 8	2014	Secret	454
T640/1201	Budget (Budget briefing 1989)	89 Mar 9	89 Mar 10	2014	Secret	52
T640/1202	Budget (Budget presentation and broadcast)	89 Jan 19	89 Mar 13	2014	Secret	136
T640/1203	Budget (Budget 1989: resolutions)	88 Jul 4	89 Mar 16	2014	Secret	164
T640/1204	Budget (Budget 1989: employee share option schemes)	88 Dec 9	89 Feb 3	2014	Confidential	165
T640/1205	Budget (Budget 1989: employee share option schemes)	70 Feb 6	89 Mar 8	2014	Confidential	146
T640/1206	Budget (Budget day press notices 1989)	89 Jan 23	89 Mar 3	2014	Secret	149
T640/1207	Budget (Budget day press notices 1989)	89 Mar 3	89 Mar 14	2014	Secret	166
T640/1208	Budget (Budget day press notices 1989)	89 Mar 8	89 Mar 14	2014	Secret	109
T640/1209	Budget (Budget 1989: corporation tax, capital gains tax and independent taxation)	88 Nov 25	89 Jan 25	2014	Personal & Secret	184
T640/1210	Budget (Budget overview 1989)	88 Jan 10	89 Feb 27	2014	Secret	266
T640/1211	NHS (National Health Service (NHS) workers pay)	88 Aug 17	89 Jan 16	2014	Personal & Secret	151
T640/1212	Public spending (The government's policy on payment of workers)	89 Jan 20	89 Jul 19	2014	Secret	54
T640/1215	Europe (Collaboration between European Community countries on the economy)	89 Jul 10	89 Jul 31	2014	Confidential	139
T640/1216	Budget (Budget 1989: unit trusts)	88 Dec 9	89 Feb 23	2014	Confidential	145
T640/1217	Budget (Budget 1989: income tax options)	88 Nov 30	89 Feb 20	2014	Secret	85
T640/1218	Budget (Budget debate 1989)	89 Feb 28	89 Mar 15	2014	Secret	80
T640/1219	Budget (Budget 1989: subsidies, mortgages and loans)	88 Nov 17	89 Mar 6	2014	Secret	84