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 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Showing items 41 - 53 of 53
| Date | Value |
Title |
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| 83 Mar 11 Fr | Major | Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("The Financing of Education") ["I believe it is a vital first step in reducing the size of local government expenditure that we should transfer some sizeable slice of the education bill to the Exchequer"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Oct 24 Mo | Major | Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Turnbull ("Public Expenditure Survey: education") ["Several points of interest emerge from the DES minute of 21 October": local authority capital expenditure; university capital expenditure; university staff/student ratios; number of teachers] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Nov 3 Th | Major | Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Turnbull ("Public expenditure survey: university current expenditure") [proposed compromise between MISC 99 recommended £50 million cut and Keith Joseph's resistance to it] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Oct 7 Fr | Major | Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Turnbull ("Raising standards in schools") [proposed draft MT reply to Keith Joseph proposal: "very sceptical about the proposal which amounts to giving people more for doing competently what they are paid to do anyway"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Nov 2 We | Major | Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Keith Joseph) ["Public expenditure survey - education"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Oct 3 Mo | Major | Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Keith Joseph) [MT disparages proposed system of assessment of teachers' performances; public expenditure on higher education] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Mar 13 Su | Major | Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Keith Joseph, Biffen, Baroness Cox, Parkinson, Waldegrave, Mount) [student loans; polytechnics; education vouchers] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Nov 11 Fr | Major | Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Keith Joseph, Lord Cockfield, Rees) ["Universities' current expenditure"; deal struck with Treasury to enable savings; MT irate at not being properly briefed for meeting] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Oct 17 Mo | Major | Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Keith Joseph, Peter Rees) [Public Expenditure Survey: education] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Sep 5 Mo | Major | Education: Rees letter to Keith Joseph ("Public Expenditure Survey 1983 - bilaterals") ["Once we have identified the essential increases, I believe our main task must be to examine the scope for possible savings"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Sep 30 Fr | Major | Education: Rees letter to Keith Joseph (Public Expenditure Survey: education) [outline of agreement reached between Treasury and DES; issues outstanding; record of Rees/Joseph conversation] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Oct 5 We | Major | Education: Rees minute to MT ("Raising standards in schools") [Keith Joseph proposal/bid "poses serious difficulties... I frankly doubt whether we could really trust the employers to make candid assessments of the performance of their staff and back their judgement in public by pay differentials and disciplinary decisions"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Oct 14 Fr | Major | Education: Treasury briefing for MT ("PES: education. Prime Minister's meeting on 17 October") ["a note summarising the state of play on education and the main arguments on each side"] [declassified Aug 2013] |