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PREM19/782
Government machinery (Future of quangos; action following review by Sir Leo Pliatzky) (Part 2)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2012 Dec 28
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 324

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Date Value Title
80 Apr 21 Mo Major Government machinery: Channon minute to Biffen (“Non-departmental public bodies”) [quangos] [declassified 2012]
80 Jun 20 Fr Major Government machinery: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Chancellor of the Exchequer: British Council budget) [quangos] [declassified 2012]
80 Jul 10 Th Major Government machinery: Prior minute to MT (Health and Safety Executive: liaison with other Government departments) [quangos] [declassified 2012]
80 Jul 21 Mo Major Government machinery: Lord Soames letter to Carrington (“The Institute of Development Studies (IDS)”) [quangos] [declassified 2012]
80 Sep 10 We Major Government machinery: Jenkin PS letter to No.10 (Working Group on Effective Prescribing) [quangos] [declassified 2012]
80 Sep 25 Th Major Government machinery: Soames PS letter to No.10 (“Quangos”) [Philip Holland MP, cost of new quangos] [declassified 2012]
80 Oct 3 Fr Major Government machinery: Lord Soames letter to MT (“Handling of proposals for new quangos”) [declassified 2012]
80 Oct 3 Fr Major Government machinery: Lord Soames minute to MT (“Non-departmental public bodies: the “Mopping Up” Exercise”) [quangos] [declassified 2012]
80 Oct 27 Mo Major Government machinery: No.10 letter to Dept of Education (retention of the Computer Board) [quangos] [declassified 2012]
80 Dec 2 Tu Major Government machinery: FCO letter to Soames PS (“Non-departmental Public Bodies: Written Question and Answer”) [quangos] [declassified 2012]
80 Dec 17 We Major Government machinery: No.10 letter to Ministry of Agriculture (Eggs Authority) [quangos] [declassified 2012]
80 Dec 17 We Major Government machinery: Channon letter to Biffen (“Quangos: Periodic reviews of Executive Bodies and Tribunals”) [quangos] [declassified 2012]
80 Dec 19 Fr Major Government machinery: Manpower Services Commission minute to Ministers (“Summary of MSC’s Corporate Plan 1981-1985”) [declassified 2012]
81 Jan 8 Th Major Government machinery: MT letter to War Graves Commission (“Commonwealth War Graves Commission”) [declassified 2012]
81 Feb 25 We Major Government machinery: Soames PS letter to No.10 (“Facts and Figures on Quangos”) [declassified 2012]
81 Feb 27 Fr Major Government machinery: Younger PS letter No.10 (“Proposed Seed Potato Development Council”) [quangos] [declassified 2012]