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 1051 - 1089 of 1089

File name	Title	Begins	Ends	Release date	Classification	Pages
T640/1336	International (Africa: general papers)	89 May 11	89 Oct 23	2014	Confidential	62
T640/1337/1	Economy (Girobank and giroleasing)	87 Nov 17	88 Dec 9	2014	Secret	176
T640/1337/2	Economy (Girobank and giroleasing)	89 Jan 25	89 Jul 10	2014	Confidential	105
T640/1338	Monetary policy (Economic and Monetary Union (EMU))	89 Oct 24	89 Oct 25	2014	Confidential	40
T640/1343	Monetary policy (Economic and Monetary Union (EMU))	89 Feb 10	89 Jun 14	2014	Restricted	220
T640/1344	Monetary policy (Economic and Monetary Union (EMU))	89 Jun 15	89 Jul 20	2014	Personal & Confidential	223
T640/1345	Monetary policy (Economic and Monetary Union (EMU))	89 Jul 21	89 Aug 4	2014	Confidential	271
T640/1346	Monetary policy (Economic and Monetary Union (EMU))	89 Aug 7	89 Sep 4	2014	Confidential	227
T640/1347	Monetary policy (Economic and Monetary Union (EMU))	89 Sep 8	89 Sep 8	2014	Confidential	227
T640/1348	Monetary policy (Economic and Monetary Union (EMU))	89 Sep 12	89 Oct 3	2014	Confidential	254
T640/1349/2	Economy (Industrial action)	88 Sep 7	89 Aug 23	2014	Personal & Secret	159
T640/1350/2	Economy (Profit-related pay)	88 Sep 28	89 Dec 11	2014	Confidential	242
T640/1351	Economy (Employment)	89 Feb 28	89 Sep 14	2014	Personal & Confidential	186
T640/1352	Economy (Employment)	89 Sep 14	89 Oct 19	2014	Secret	178
T640/1353	Economy (Employment)	89 Oct 19	90 Mar 31	2014	Secret	117
T640/1355/1	Budget (Budget statement: tax section)	89 Feb 23	89 Mar 6	2014	Secret	319
T640/1355/2	Budget (Budget statement: tax section)	89 Mar 6	89 Mar 8	2014	Secret	237
T640/1356	Budget (Tobacco Advisory Council: Budget deputation)	89 Jul 18	89 Oct 25	2014	Restricted	135
T640/1357/1	Budget (Budget 1989; deals with sections of the Budget Speech)	89 Feb 15	00 Feb 27	2014	Secret	323
T640/1357/2	Budget (Budget 1989; deals with tax section and economic section of Budget Statement)	89 Feb 27	00 Feb 28	2014	Secret	128
T640/1358/1	Budget (Budget 1989; deals with sections of the Budget Speech)	89 Mar 7	00 Mar 10	2014	Secret	371
T640/1358/2	Budget (Budget 1989; deals with sections of the Budget Speech)	89 Mar 10	00 Mar 13	2014	Secret	213
T640/1360/1	Budget (Budget 1989)	88 Oct 19	89 Mar 14	2014	Personal & Secret	291
T640/1360/2	Budget (Budget 1989)	89 Mar 14	89 Mar 14	2014	Secret	200
T640/1361/1	Budget (Budget 1989)	89 Feb 17	89 Feb 23	2014	Secret	200
T640/1361/2	Budget (Budget 1989)	89 Feb 22	89 Mar 14	2014	Secret	351
T640/1362	International (Group of Seven (G7) meetings)	89 Sep 5	89 Sep 21	2014	Personal & Secret	204
T640/1363/1	Budget (Budget starters 1989)	88 Oct 2	89 Nov 10	2014	Secret	231
T640/1363/2	Budget (Budget starters 1989)	89 Sep 28	89 Nov 10	2014	Secret	272
T640/1364	Budget (Public expenditure and Institute of Economic Affairs)	83 Jun 27	89 May 3	2014	Secret	128
T640/1365	Budget (Budget 1988)	88 Mar 15	89 Jan 18	2014	Secret	77
T640/1366	Economy (Government Statistical Service)	89 Jul 18	89 Dec 12	2014	Confidential	113
T640/1368	Administration (New Grade 2 post in the Central Statistical Office (CSO))	89 Apr 11	89 May 9	2014	Confidential	11
T640/1369	Economy (Strategy for the future of the Post Office)	86 Sep 11	89 Jan 25	2014	Secret	132
T640/1370	Economy (Future plans for British Telecom (BT))	84 Apr 30	89 Jan 19	2014	Secret	97
T640/1371	Privatisation (Privatisation of British Rail. With map)	88 Feb 26	89 Sep 25	2014	Confidential	86
T640/1372	Public spending (Chancellor of the Exchequer's papers: Civil and Public Services Association (CPSA) and National Union of Civil and Public Servants (NUCPS) long-term pay agreements)	88 Dec 20	89 Feb 8	2014	Confidential	61
T640/1373/1	Political (Chancellor of the Exchequer's speeches)	88 Dec 16	89 Jun 30	2014	Confidential	243
T640/1374	Monetary policy (The Royal Mint: Corporate Plan 1989-1990 and 1992-1993)	90 Mar 31	90 Mar 31	2014	Confidential	55