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1979 May 8 - 1979 May 28
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/5
Civil Service (Manpower Freeze) (Part 1)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2009 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 189
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79 May 8 Tu Major Civil Service: Stowe minute to Bancroft ("A Freeze on Manpower") [Civil Service recruitment freeze] [declassified 2009]
79 May 9 We Major Civil Service: Soames minute to MT ("Freeze on Manpower") [Civil Service recruitment freeze] [declassified 2009]
79 May 10 Th Major Civil Service: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(79) 1st (freeze on Civil Service manpower) [extract with MT's annotations] [declassified 2009]
79 May 11 Fr Major Civil Service: Heseltine minute to MT ("Manpower") [local government manpower reductions] [declassified 2009]
79 May 11 Fr Major Civil Service: Civil Service Department letter to No.10 ("Freeze on Civil Service Manpower") [draft paper by Soames, annotations by MT] [declassified 2009]
79 May 16 We Major Civil Service: Hunt briefing for MT ("Civil Service Manpower (C(79) 7)") [declassified 2009]
79 May 16 We Major Civil Service: Hunt briefing for MT ("Public Expenditure 1979-80: Cash Limits 1979-80 and Civil Service Manpower") [declassified 2009]
79 May 23 We Major Civil Service: Soames minute to MT ("Adjustment of Cash Limits for Civil Service Pay Settlement") [declassified 2009]
79 May 30 We Major Civil Service: Hunt briefing for MT ("Further Action to Reduce the Size of the Civil Service (C(79) 12)") [declassified 2009]
79 May 30 We Major Civil Service: Pym minute to MT (Civil Service staff recruitment and reduction at the MOD) [declassified 2009]
79 Jun 14 Th Major Civil Service: Hunt briefing for MT ("The Civil Service - Reductions and Efficiency") [declassified 2009]
79 Jun 28 Th Major Civil Service: No.10 letter to Lord President's Office (Civil Service reductions) [MT would like to "consider officials' and Ministers' conclusions before any decisions are taken"] [declassified 2009]
79 Jul 16 Mo Major Civil Service: Diggle letter to Lankester (number of Civil Servants employed in the MOD) [declassified 2009]
79 Jul 17 Tu Major Civil Service: Soames minute to MT ("The Ban on Civil Service Recruitment") [Soames suggests lifting of ban] [declassified 2009]
79 Jul 20 Fr Major Civil Service: Biffen minute to MT ("The Ban on Civil Service Recruitment") [Biffen supports lifting of ban] [declassified 2009]
79 Jul 20 Fr Major Civil Service: Whitelaw minute to MT ("The Ban on Civil Service Recruitment") [Whitelaw supports lifting of ban] [declassified 2009]
79 Jul 23 Mo Major Civil Service: Joseph minute to MT ("The Ban on Civil Service Recruitment") [Joseph supports lifting of ban] [declassified 2009]
79 Jul 23 Mo Major Civil Service: Nott minute to MT ("The Ban on Civil Service Recruitment") [Nott supports lifting of ban] [declassified 2009]
79 Jul 23 Mo Major Civil Service: Pym minute to MT ("Ban on Civil Service Recruitment") [Pym supports lifting of ban] [declassified 2009]
79 Jul 24 Tu Major Civil Service: Heseltine minute to MT ("The Ban on Civil Service Recruitment") [Heseltine argues against lifting of ban] [declassified 2009]