Archive

1980 May 8 - 1980 Jul 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/150
Civil Service (Long-term management and manpower policy: efficiency of central government; Civil Service manpower; Sir Derek Rayner’s recommendations for reforms) (Part 4)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2010 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 222
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Date Value Title
80 May 8 Th Major Civil Service: Bancroft letter to MT ("Dinner for Permanent Secretaries") [letter of thanks] [declassified 2010]
80 May 13 Tu Major Civil Service: No.10 letter to Lord President's Office ("Statement on the Civil Service") [text of MT's statement to the House of Commons] [declassified 2010]
80 May 15 Th Major Civil Service: Rayner letter to Bancroft ("Civil Service Manpower and Costs") [comments on paper] [declassified 2010]
80 May 16 Fr Major Civil Service: Bancroft letter to Rayner ("Civil Service Manpower and Costs") [response to Rayner's minute] [declassified 2010]
80 Jun 4 We Major Civil Service: Soames letter to Whitelaw ("Civil Service Efficiency and Manpower") [Ministers must provide outlines of "plans for reviewing functions and efficiency"] [declassified 2010]
80 Jun 6 Fr Major Civil Service: Channon minute to MT ("Civil Service Manpower Reduction in 1980-81") [exceptions to manpower reduction target] [declassified 2010]
80 Jun 9 Mo Major Civil Service: Channon letter to Joseph ("Industrial Sponsorship") [declassified 2010]
80 Jul 3 Th Major Civil Service: Rayner minute to MT ("Inspector-General of the Civil Service") [declassified 2010]
80 Jul 7 Mo Major Civil Service: Whitmore minute to MT ("Inspector General of the Civil Service") [note from Hoskyns] [declassified 2010]
80 Jul 19 Sa Major Civil Service: Bancroft letter to Rayner ("Inspector General of the Civil Service") [comments on Rayner's note] [declassified 2010]
80 Jul 21 Mo Major Civil Service: Wass letter to Rayner ("Inspector-General of the Civil Service") [comments on Rayner's note] [declassified 2010]
80 Jul 23 We Major Civil Service: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Civil Service Efficiency and Manpower (C(80) 43)") [declassified 2010]
80 Jul 23 We Major Civil Service: Hailsham minute to MT ("Civil Service Efficiency and Manpower (C(80) 43)") [response to Soames' paper] [declassified 2010]
80 Jul 23 We Major Civil Service: Soames minute to MT ("Civil Service Numbers") [Civil Service staffing levels as of 1 July] [declassified 2010]