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1982 Jul 5 - 1983 Dec 19
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1012
Education (Policy on education expenditure; raising standards in schools) (Part 3)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Aug 1
Classification: Secret
Page count: 348
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82 Jul 6 Tu Major Education: Baker PS letter to No.10 (Micros for Primary Schools Scheme) [draft message from MT for enclosure in the publicity leaflet] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Oct 27 We Major Education: Brittan PS letter to Keith Joseph PS (private education) [transcript of Brittan's speech to be given at Carmel college on 28th October] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Mar 11 Fr Major Education: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("The Financing of Education") [scheme to "transfer financial responsibility for teachers' salaries from local to central government" and "require local authorities to reduce their rate calls correspondingly"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Nov 4 Fr Major Education: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 ("Student grants") ["possible alternative packages": options] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jul 20 We Major Education: Department of Education & Science press release ("Education Secretary comments on HMI report") [quotes & copy of report] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Nov 9 We Major Education: Department of Educaton briefing for MT ("Public expenditure: universities") [scope for savings; MT castigates "disgracefully inadequate" briefing] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Aug 3 We Major Education: Edwards letter to No.10 ("Report by HMI on the effects of local authority expenditure on Education in Wales") [notification of imminent publication; "managing the changes and demand pattern which have arisen in recent years against a background of restraint in public expenditure"] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Dec 1 We Major Education: Keith Joseph letter to Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Research Councils ("The Science Budget") [reduction in grant & redeployment of funds] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 1 Th Major Education: Keith Joseph letter to Chairman of the University Grants Committee ("Development of a Strategy for Higher Education") ["will require continuing dialogue... Government's intention to reduce the share of GDP devoted to public expenditure... You recognise that fundamental changes need to be considered"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Apr 15 Fr Major Education: Keith Joseph letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC): international subscriptions") ["faced with having to find several £m extra in 1983-84 to meet their unavoidable commitments" on account of exchange rates affecting overseas research funding; MT expresses doubts about merits of funding such research] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Nov 3 We Major Education: Keith Joseph letter to No.10 ("Initial teacher training: allocation of places to institutions") ["Parliamentary statement... on the allocation... for 1983, 1984 and 1985"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jul 6 We Major Education: Keith Joseph letter to Rees ("Public Expenditure Survey 1983") ["substantial additional bids... necessary to sustain the policies in our Manifesto"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jul 13 We Major Education: Keith Joseph letter to Whitelaw ("Education Support Grants") ["specific grants... in support of particular items of expenditure... Bill... drafting is well advanced... introduction as soon as Parliament reassembles... local authority associations... opposed in principle.. [but have] discussed... in a constructive way... two matters remain to be settled... the proportion of expenditure to be eligible for the new grants and the rate of grant itself"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Nov 1 Tu Major Education: Keith Joseph letter to Whitelaw ("MISC 99: Education and Science") [university current expenditure & proposed cuts; student grants] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Oct 28 Fr Major Education: Keith Joseph letter to Whitelaw (MISC 99: Education and Science) [student grants] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jan 11 Tu Major Education: Keith Joseph minute to MT ("Academic tenure") ["proposals for extended probationary periods as well as for the inclusion of provision for redundancy in the contracts of employment of academics holding permanent employment... Government stands ready to facilitate such changes"; MT expresses reservations] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 16 Fr Major Education: Keith Joseph minute to MT ("Local authority higher education") [statement to House on reformative measures] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Nov 9 We Major Education: Keith Joseph minute to MT ("Public expenditure: universities") [argument against further savings] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Oct 25 Tu Major Education: Keith Joseph minute to MT ("Raising standards in schools") ["We all I think agree that pruning weak heads and teachers, more rigorous selection and training... and more effective management... are essential... The Chief Secretary recognises... the help a revised structure of pay and conditions of service would give towards this end"; MT "endorses... objective... [but] feels it would be wrong to pay teachers more for what they should be doing anyway"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 21 We Major Education: Keith Joseph minute to MT ("Raising standards in schools") [claims that required £50m in savings cannot be met if altered pay structure for teachers and changes to their conditions of service are to be implemented] [declassified Aug 2013]