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1980 Nov 18 - 1981 Mar 6
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/408
Civil service (Long term management and manpower policy; Sir Derek Rayner's recommendations for reforms; Civil Service numbers and costs; performance related pay) (Part 7)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2011 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 224
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80 Jan 18 Fr Major Civil Service: Channon minute to MT ("Charging for Certain Civil Service College Courses") [declassified 2011]
80 Jan 18 Fr Major Civil Service: Joseph minute to MT ("Pay and Performance") [performance-related pay for Under Secretaries] [declassified 2011]
80 Jan 19 Sa Major Civil Service: Soames minute to MT ("Civil Service Manpower Reductions: Departmental Targets") [declassified 2011]
80 Jan 24 Th Major Civil Service: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (Civil Service manpower reduction target) ["I remain worried that even to achieve the objective of 107,000 for my Departments may not prove consistent with achievement of our financial strategy"] [declassified 2011]
80 Jan 26 Sa Major Civil Service: No.10 letter to Lord President's Office (Civil Service manpower reduction targets) [response to Soames' minute] [declassified 2011]
80 Jan 26 Sa Major Civil Service: No.10 letter to MOD (Civil Service manpower reduction targets) [MOD and GCHQ] [declassified 2011]
80 Jan 28 Mo Major Civil Service: Atkins minute to MT ("Pay and Performance") [Atkins supports performance-related pay for Civil Servants in principle, but has concerns] [declassified 2011]
80 Jan 28 Mo Major Civil Service: Soames minute to MT ("Pay and Performance") [Soames revises his proposals on performance-related pay for Civil Servants] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 3 We Major Civil Service: Whitmore minute to MT ("Civil Service Manpower") [size of the Civil Service set to increase "if no action is taken" on Departmental bids] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 4 Th Major Civil Service: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Pay and Performance") [Soames' proposals on performance-related pay for Civil Servants] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 4 Th Major Civil Service: Hailsham minute to MT ("Pay and Performance") [Hailsham "relieved" that Soames has revised proposals on performance-related pay for Civil Servants] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 8 Mo Major Civil Service: Joseph minute to MT ("Pay and Performance") [Joseph favours Soames' revised proposals on performance-related pay for Civil Servants] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 9 Tu Major Civil Service: Soames minute to MT ("Slimming Down Staffs Engaged in Local Authority Affairs and Industrial Sponsorship") [MT: "The reductions themselves are very modest"] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 10 We Major Civil Service: Channon letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("New Technology in the Civil Service") [MT: "I should like to make it clear in the House the very backward attitude that the Civil Service takes to the intro. of new tech"] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 10 We Major Civil Service: Le Cheminant briefing for MT ("Civil Service Manpower: Estimates 1981-82 (C(80) 74)") [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 12 Fr Major Civil Service: Heseltine minute to MT ("Scrutiny of the Joint DOE/DTp Regional Offices") [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 16 Tu Major Civil Service: Fowler minute to MT ("Scrutiny of the Joint Regional Office of the Departments of the Environment and Transport") [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 16 Tu Major Civil Service: Soames minute to MT ("Civil Service Manpower") [revised Departmental manpower estimates "still too high by 1,000 on the first date and 5,500 on the second"] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 17 We Major Civil Service: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Civil Service Manpower: Estimates 1981-82") [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 22 Mo Major Civil Service: Hailsham minute to Soames ("Civil Service Manpower: Estimates for 1981/82") ["I am sorry to be unhelpful to you over this but I have to say that cuts on this scale are simply not acceptable"] [declassified 2011]