1979 May 30 - 1981 Aug 12
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/480
Government machinery (Internal audit & financial control in government) (Part 1)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2011 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Confidential |
| Page count: | 331 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date |
Value |
Title |
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| 81 Jul 28 Tu | Major | Government Machinery: King PS letter to No.10 ("Audit Commission: Statement") [White Paper proposing establishment of Commission to improve standards of local government audit] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Jul 21 Tu | Major | Government Machinery: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("White Paper on the Role of the C & AG") ["difficult to disagree with the [Public Accounts Committee's] diagnosis of a need for improvement in our system of public aid and accountability.. [but] equally difficult to agree with their remedy"] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Jul 16 Th | Major | Government Machinery: Derek Rayner minute to MT ("Location of the Head of the Government Accountancy Service") [options] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Jul 15 We | Major | Government Machinery: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Pym ("White Paper on the Role of the C & AG") [Government response to Public Accounts Committee report; Howe highlights specific PAC proposals and outlines his counter-proposals] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Jun 12 Fr | Major | Government Machinery: No.10 minute to MT ("Internal audit and financial control") [case studies] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 May 27 We | Major | Government Machinery: Treasury letter to No.10 ("Internal audit and financial control") [case studies] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 May 18 Mo | Major | Government Machinery: Rayner minute to MT ("1980 Departmental scrutiny of running costs: results of further analysis") [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 May 12 Tu | Major | Government Machinery: Department of Industry letter to No.10 (the use of accountants in Government service) [briefing note for MT] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 May 5 Tu | Major | Government Machinery: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Sir Douglas Wass, Sir Ian Bancroft, Sir Derek Rayner, David Wolfson) ["Internal audit and financial control"] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Apr 10 Fr | Major | Government Machinery: No.10 briefing for MT ("Internal audit") [meeting to discuss programme of reform] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Apr 10 Fr | Major | Government Machinery: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Brief for meeting on internal audit, 18.00, 10 Downing Street, 13 April 1981") [meeting to discuss programme of reform] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Apr 2 Th | Major | Government Machinery: Howe PS letter to No.10 (reform of internal auditing) [letter to Heads of Departments] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Apr 2 Th | Major | Government Machinery: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Internal audit: Mr. Wiggins's letter of today's date") [MT frustration with Treasury's slow progression of reform programme] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Mar 31 Tu | Major | Government Machinery: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Accounting Officers memorandum") [updated guidance, issued to Ministers in addition to civil servants for first time, at MT request] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Mar 31 Tu | Major | Government Machinery: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Internal audit") [MT request for more details about Treasury programme of reform] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Mar 16 Mo | Major | Government Machinery: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Accounting Officers memorandum") [updated guidance, in line with Rayner efficiency review; MT requests circulation to Ministers] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Mar 11 We | Major | Government Machinery: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Internal audit") ["highly critical report... prepared for the [Public Accounts Committee]"] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Feb 24 Tu | Major | Government Machinery: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("The role of the Comptroller and Auditor General") [Public Accounts Committee enquiry] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 80 Nov 25 Tu | Major | Government Machinery: Cabinet Office minute ("Mr Hennessy, The Times") [role of the Comptroller and Auditor General] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 80 Mar 17 Mo | Major | Government Machinery: No.10 minute to MT (role of the Comptroller and Auditor General) [Green Paper] [declassified Dec 2011] |