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1982 Oct 25 - 1983 Dec 23
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1010
Education (Training colleges; extension of technical and vocational education; National Training Commission; responsibility for work related training) (Part 1)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Aug 1
Classification: Secret
Page count: 255
Any docs withheld? 5

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83 Dec 23 Fri Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Turnbull ("White Paper on Training") [TVEI; YTS; adult training; transfer of responsibilities & funding from local authorities to Manpower Services Commission] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 20 Tue Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, King, Keith Joseph, Tebbit, Younger, Edwards, Rees, Lord Mackay of Clashfern, Patrick Mayhew, Lord Bellwin, Young, Armstrong) ["Work related training in the further education sector"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 19 Mon Education: No.10 minute to MT (meeting on 21st December to discuss work-related training in the education sector) [Lord Bellwin to deputise for Environment Secretary due to clash with Rate Limitation Bill press conference] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 16 Fri Education: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Changing the Manpower Services Commission") [transfer of work-related futher education funding from local authorities to MSC; transfer of job centres to Department of Employment] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 16 Fri Education: No.10 briefing for MT (Responsibility for work-related training in the further education sector) [transfer of funding from local authorities to Manpower Services Commission; transfer of job centres to Department of Employment] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 16 Fri Education: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (Responsibility for work-related training in the further education sector) [transfer of funding from local authorities to Manpower Services Commission; transfer of job centres to Department of Employment] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 15 Thu Education: Younger letter to King ("Responsibility for work-related training in the further education sector") [transfer of funding from English & Welsh local authorities to Manpower Services Commission: outline of alternative measures for Scotland] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 14 Wed Education: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Meeting with Keith Joseph on Thursday, 15 December") [new policy for schools; proposed changes in role of Manpower Services Commission; agricultural research] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 12 Mon Education: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("YTS and unemployed 17-year-olds in 1984/85") [Manpower Services Commission should "squeeze the 90,000 unemployed 17-year-olds into some kind of occupation by 1985"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 12 Mon Education: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Responsibility for work-related training in the further education sector") [transfer of funding & responsibilities from local authorities to Manpower Services Commission] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 9 Fri Education: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("E(A) papers for 13 December") [Training for Jobs] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 9 Fri Education: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Training for Jobs") ["development of Youth Training Scheme... further improvements in adult skill training"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Nov 18 Fri Education: No.10 minute to MT ("National Training Commission") [summary of Armstrong draft paper for Ministerial consultation; MT determined to end Department of Education's control of vocational training due to its having "done so little" for industrial needs] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Nov 18 Fri Education: Cabinet Office minute to MT (Responsibility for Work-Related Training in the Further Education Sector) [Armstrong draft paper for Ministerial consultation; MT determined to end Department of Education's control of vocational training due to its having "done so little" for industrial needs] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Nov 8 Tue Education: MT minute to Keith Joseph ("National Training Commission") [MT clarifies & endorses No.10 record of recent meeting with which both Joseph and King were unhappy in regard to their concerns about their respective Departments' powers & responsibilities for further vocational education] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Nov 4 Fri Education: Keith Joseph minute to MT ("National Training Commission and related matters") [concerns about No.10 record of recent meeting, in regard to his Department's powers & responsibilities for further vocational education] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Nov 1 Tue Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Tebbit, King, Young, Armstrong) ["National Training Commission": reassignment of funding & responsibilities for further vocational education and for employment services] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Oct 31 Mon Education: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("National Training Commission") [reassignment of funding & responsibilities for further vocational education and for employment services] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Oct 28 Fri Education: Tebbit minute to MT ("National Training Commission") ["The need for an initiative of this kind to bring education closer to the world of work and training has been long recognised"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Oct 19 Wed Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT, David Young) [future development of Manpower Services Commission: "main concern now... National Training Commission... encountering opposition from [Department of Education]"] [declassified Aug 2013]