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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/920
Social services (Uprating of social security benefits) (Part 1)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2012 Dec 28
Classification: Secret
Page count: 79

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Date Value Title
79 May 17 Th Major Social services: No.10 minute for MT (“Pensions uprating”) [DHSS certain that legislation will be required] [declassified 2012]
79 May 23 We Major Social services: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Uprating of social security benefits”) [CPRS supports breaking link between pensions & earnings] [declassified 2012]
79 May 31 Th Major Social services: Jenkin letter to Biffen (colleagues’ doubt about extending waiting period for sickness and unemployment benefits) [shift from 3 to 6 days remains best option] [declassified 2012]
79 Jun 6 We Major Social services: MT letter to Bill Sirs of Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (long-term unemployed) [shares his concern, will not anticipate Jenkin statement] [declassified 2012]
79 Jun 12 Tu Major Social services: Jenkin PS letter to No.10 (“Statement on uprating of social security benefits”) [MT approves draft; ends pensions uprating in line with earnings, while maintaining link with prices] [declassified 2012]
79 Oct 2 Tu Major Social services: Jenkin minute to MT (“Implementation of social security uprating”) [MT agrees no change to uprating timetable] [declassified 2012]
79 Nov 1 Th Major Social services: Biffen letter to Jenkin (“Statutory provision for supplementary benefit uprating”) [“Sooner or later we are going to have to ask how far we can afford expenditure on this scale”] [declassified 2012]
79 Dec 5 We Major Social services: Jenkin letter to St. John-Stevas (Social Security Bill) [timing of second reading] [declassified 2012]
80 Jan 9 We Major Social services: No.10 briefing for MT (meeting with Chancellor of the Exchequer) [pensions, social security benefits, EEC budget; Ryrie; MLR] [declassified 2012]
80 Jan 10 Th Major Social services: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Chancellor of the Exchequer) [maintain indexation of pensions; possible deindexing of child benefit, reduction child element of supplementary benefit, angling for Dutch support on EEC budget] [declassified 2012]