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1979 Sep 6 - 1979 Sep 28
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/21
Economic policy (Public Spending) (Part 4)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2009 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 106

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Date Value Title
79 Sep 11 Tu Major Economy: Biffen minute to MT ("Flexibility between financial years") [public expenditure] [declassified 2009]
79 Sep 11 Tu Major Economy: Edwards minute to MT (public expenditure in Wales) ["special requirements"] [declassified 2009]
79 Sep 11 Tu Major Economy: Hunt briefing for MT ("Proposals for the years after 1980-81 (C(79) 35)") [public expenditure discussion in Cabinet] [declassified 2009]
79 Sep 11 Tu Major Economy: Nott minute to MT (comment on spending proposals) [against publishing 5 year plans] [declassified 2009]
79 Sep 12 We Major Economy: Hunt briefing for MT ("Publishing Medium-Term Public Expenditure Plans (C(79) 36)") [declassified 2009]
79 Sep 12 We Major Economy: Hunt briefing for MT ("Nationalised Industries Investment and Financing Review: 1981-82 to 1983-84 (C(79) 37)") [declassified 2009]
79 Sep 14 Fr Major Economy: MT annotation on Howe paper for E ("Handling public sector pay in the context of cash limits") ["We are getting far too many 'woolly' papers from the Treasury"] [declassified 2009]
79 Sep 14 Fr Minor Economy: Soames minute to MT ("1980-81 Cash Limits and Pay") [agrees defer decision till March] [declassified 2009]
79 Sep 17 Mo Major Economy: Lankester note to MT ("1980/81 Cash limits and pay") [Howe proposes ceiling on local authority expenditure] [declassified 2009]
79 Sep 17 Mo Major Economy: MT letter to Sir Frederick Dainton (education and science public expenditure) [his concerns] [declassified 2009]
79 Sep 18 Tu Minor Economy: Treasury letter to No.10 ("Cash limits 1978-79: Publication of provisional outturn White Paper") [seeks consent] [declassified 2009]
79 Sep 18 Tu Major Economy: Hunt briefing for MT ("Rate Support Grant 1980-81") [distribution formula] [declassified 2009]
79 Sep 19 We Major Economy: Hunt briefing for MT ("Nationalised Industries' Cash Limits and Performance Targets for 1980-81 (E(79) 35)") [declassified 2009]
79 Sep 19 We Major Economy: Hunt briefing for MT ("1980-81 Cash Limits and Pay (E(79) 34)") [setting cash limits to influence pay talks] [declassified 2009]
79 Sep 19 We Major Economy: MT personal minute to Whitelaw ("Rate Support Grant, 1980-81") [Whitelaw tasked to produce recommendations] [declassified 2009]
79 Sep 24 Mo Major Economy: Biffen letter to Edwards (Welsh public expenditure) [riposte to plea for special treatment] [declassified 2009]
79 Sep 28 Fr Minor Economy: Berrill minute to Lankester ("Cash Limits and the Rate Support Grant") [declassified 2009]