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1981 Dec 24 - 1983 Jul 25
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1045
Government machinery (Future of Central Policy Review Staff (CPRS); CPRS work programme for 1982; Prime Minister's dissatisfaction with CPRS; abolition of CPRS)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Aug 1
Classification: Secret
Page count: 238
Any docs withheld? 1

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83 Jan 31 Mo Major Government machinery: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("CPRS report on State Monopolies") [main recommendations; Policy Unit minute criticising report] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 15 We Major Government machinery: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("The CPRS") [advice to MT to inform Cabinet that CPRS to be closed down & to follow up with press announcement] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jul 13 We Major Government machinery: Cabinet Office minute to CPRS (disbandment of CPRS) [logistical considerations] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jul 21 Th Major Government machinery: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Handling of work on nationalised industries following disbandment of the Central Policy Review Staff") [measures taken & next steps] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Nov 17 We Major Government machinery: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (CPRS remit) [MT "asked me to think about possible new tasks... There ought to be a central capacity to take a view on choices between one programme and another"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 16 Th Major Government machinery: CPRS letter to MT (closure of the CPRS) [Robert Young protests & requests meeting with MT] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jul 21 Th Major Government machinery: CPRS minute to MT ("CPRS report on Higher Education") [background; outline & attached report] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jan 5 We Major Government machinery: CPRS minute to MT ("CPRS staffing plans") [reduction] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Apr 21 Th Major Government machinery: CPRS minute to MT ("CPRS work programme") [MT rules out any further long-term work] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Apr 7 Th Major Government machinery: CPRS minute to MT ("CPRS work programme") [papers on education, pensions & intellectual property rights; MT requests to see drafts] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Oct 6 We Major Government machinery: CPRS minute to No.10 ("CPRS work programme") [MT unhappy with proposals on trade unions and pensions] [declassified Aug 2013]
81 Dec 24 Th Major Government machinery: Director of CPRS minute to MT ("CPRS programme of work for 1982") ["You asked that I should suggest a programme... that would enable us to contribute to the development of Government strategy for the next five years"] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Nov 29 Mo Major Government machinery: No.10 briefing for MT ("CPRS") [work programme; staffing] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 10 Fr Major Government machinery: No.10 briefing for MT ("Machinery of Government at the centre") [future of CPRS; MPO; Rayner Unit] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Sep 10 Fr Major Government machinery: No.10 briefing for MT ("Strategic meeting: Monday at 1800") ["an opportunity for the CPRS to hear direct from you your thought about the gaps in policywhich need to be plugged over the next year or two... morale... probably bruised by the mauling their paper received at Cabinet"] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Jan 21 Th Major Government machinery: No.10 letter to Ministerial Private Secretaries ("CPRS work programme 1982") [details] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jul 21 Th Major Government machinery: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office ("CPRS work: publication") [MT proposals] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 16 Th Major Government machinery: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office ("CPRS") [press Q+A on disbandment] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Feb 4 Th Major Government machinery: No.10 minute to CPRS ("CPRS studies on unemployment and the black economy") [MT request for Treasury to be involved] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Nov 19 Fr Major Government machinery: No.10 minute to MT ("CPRS work programme") [CPRS papers; Policy Unit minute identifying shortcomings of the CPRS] [declassified Aug 2013]