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Justice: Whitelaw letter to Brittan ("Prisons manpower and long term expenditure") [MT consents to substantial increase in prisons manpower despite drive to reduce civil service numbers, but emphasises need for efficiency savings elsewhere in prison service] [declassified Dec 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1786 f287
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 10pp
Themes: Employment, Privatized & state industries, Public spending & borrowing, Executive, Law & order