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Government Machinery: No.10 minute to MT ("Possible Machinery of Government Changes") [transfer of responsibilities from DTI to Dept. Employment; Dept. of Employment approach to unemployment] [declassified Dec 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1508 f33
Editorial comments:

This PDF includes a number of connected documents. The minute referred to in the title to this entry has page reference number f33 within the full PREM19 file. It is the last document within the PDF linked from this entry.

The other documents in this entry are connected and at some stage would likely have been contained within a single folder. This is indicated by the red crayon numbers in the top-right corner of certain documents.

The document with red crayon "3" in the top-right - beginning on page 8 of this PDF - was likely authored by Genie Turton, Head of the Machinery of Government Division.

The document with red crayon "4" in the top-right - beginning on page 4 of this PDF - is unsigned. It was likely authored by a junior minister within the Department of Employment, and is unsigned to disguise its authorship. Possible authors are Peter Morrison and Alan Clark. Of the two, the Editors consider that Peter Morrison is the more likely.

Read other documents selected from this file. The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here - PREM19-1508.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 20pp
Themes: Employment, Executive, Executive (appointments)