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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/154
Civil Service (Civil Service manpower: action to reduce size of Civil Service and staff costs; Civil Service pay; early retirement) (Part 4)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2010 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 273

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Date Value Title
80 Mar 5 We Major Civil Service: MT personal minute to Whitelaw ("Civil Service Vote: Cash Limit") [agreed to aim for 2.5 per cent reductions in manpower in every Department, with very few exceptions] [declassified 2010]
80 Mar 6 Th Major Civil Service: Channon minute to MT (Civil Service reform) [progress report] [declassified 2010]
80 Mar 7 Fr Major Civil Service: Pattison note to MT (Civil Service manpower reductions) [Channon letter to Cabinet ministers] [declassified 2010]
80 Mar 11 Tu Major Civil Service: Channon minute to MT ("Cash Limits, Civil Service Pay and the Manpower Squeeze") [announcement of reductions in Civil Service manpower costs] [declassified 2010]
80 Mar 12 We Major Civil Service: Biffen minute to MT ("Cash Limits, Civil Service Pay and the Manpower Squeeze") [Parliamentary question] [declassified 2010]
80 Mar 12 We Major Civil Service: Channon minute to MT (Civil Service manpower) [possible complaints by Ministers] [declassified 2010]
80 Mar 12 We Major Civil Service: Fowler minute to MT ("Civil Service Vote: Cash Limit") [reductions in staffing levels at Department of Transport] [declassified 2010]
80 Mar 12 We Major Civil Service: Carrington minute to MT ("Civil Service Vote: Cash Limit") [argues for exemption for Diplomatic Service] [declassified 2010]
80 Mar 12 We Major Civil Service: Wright minute to Lankester ("Cash Limits, Civil Service Pay and the Manpower Squeeze") [public announcement of plans] [declassified 2010]
80 Mar 13 Th Major Civil Service: Channon letter to Whitelaw ("Citizens Band Radio") [staff required to run CB radio] [declassified 2010]
80 Mar 13 Th Major Civil Service: Civil Service Department letter to No.10 ("Civil Service Pay and Cash Limits: Manpower Reductions") [final version of Parliamentary answer] [declassified 2010]
80 Mar 14 Fr Major Civil Service: Channon minute to MT ("Senior Posts in the Civil Service") [need to reduce Civil Service staff at all ranks] [declassified 2010]
80 Mar 14 Fr Major Civil Service: Channon minute to MT (reduction in Civil Service staffing levels) [Carrington's request for exemptions] [declassified 2010]
80 Mar 14 Fr Major Civil Service: Channon minute to MT ("Civil Service Pay and Cash Limits") [Channon's meeting with Civil Service Staff Side] [declassified 2010]
80 Mar 20 Th Major Civil Service: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Civil Service Vote: Cash Limits: FCO, Passport Office and the British Council") [argues against exemptions] [declassified 2010]
80 Mar 31 Mo Major Civil Service: MT personal minute to Whitelaw ("Senior Posts in the Civil Service") [need to reduce Civil Service staff at all ranks] [declassified 2010]
80 Apr 2 We Major Civil Service: Channon minute to MT ("Civil Service Pay") [outstanding issues] [declassified 2010]
80 Apr 14 Mo Major Civil Service: Channon minute to MT ("Civil Service Pay Settlement: Staging") [introduction of new pay arrangements and objections of trade unions] [declassified 2010]
80 Apr 16 We Major Civil Service: Channon letter to Joseph ("Early Retirement to Secure Manpower Savings") [declassified 2010]
80 Apr 17 Th Major Civil Service: Atkins minute to MT ("Senior Posts in the Civil Service") [staff reductions in the Northern Ireland Office] [declassified 2010]