Archive

Large scale document archive

1983 Feb 1 - 1983 Jun 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1161
Manpower (Measures to counter unemployment) (Part 9)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Aug 1
Classification: Secret
Page count: 400
Themes: Economic policy - theory and process, Employment, Pay, Public spending & borrowing

PREM19/1161 - download whole file (PDF, 69.62 MB)

Selections from this file

Showing items 21 - 35 of 35

Date Value Title
83 Mar 29 Tu Major Manpower: Heseltine minute to MT (participation of the Armed Forces in the Youth Training Scheme) ["The Services have expressed serious reservations... Nevertheless I have come to the conclusion that in the wider national interest... the Services should participate"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Mar 31 Th Major Manpower: Tebbit minute to MT ("Earnings limits under the Young Workers Scheme") ["some increase is now called for if the impact of the scheme is to be maintained"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Apr 13 We Major Manpower: No.10 minute to MT ("Youth Training Scheme recruit for No.10") [placement & publicity] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Apr 15 Fr Major Manpower: Department of Employment letter to No.10 ("Saturday morning opening of job centres") [trial period; trade union protests anticipated] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Apr 25 Mo Major Manpower: No.10 minute: Walters to Scholar ("Youth unemployment and relative wages") [analysis of Department of Employment "recent work... which will soo be published in the Gazette"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 12 Th Major Manpower: Tebbit PS letter to No.10 ("Youth Training Scheme advertising") ["I should be grateful if you could consider exempting this advertising from the normal pre-election rules"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 18 We Major Manpower: No.10 letter to Tebbit PS ("Time Out article - "Thatcher's Secret Unemployment Plans"") [draft speaking note "in case... [MT] is asked about this article"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 24 Fr Major Manpower: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Unemployment") [analysis & advice] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 24 Fr Major Manpower: No.10 minute to MT ("Unemployment: meeting at Chequers") [September date; attendees; papers - "there must be no bureaucracy, agendas, briefing"; MT requests preliminary meeting in July] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 27 Mo Major Manpower: Rees minute to MT ("E(A) Committee, 29 June 1983: Paper by the Secretary of State for Employment") ["I think it might be helpful if I set out in advance my reactions"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 28 Tu Major Manpower: No.10 minute: Walters to Scholar ("Peter Gregson's memorandum on unemployment strategy") ["our main purpose must surely be to reduce taxes on labour and at the same time to reduce the subsidies on investment... the other point that is missing is public expenditure"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 28 Tu Major Manpower: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Unemployment strategy") ["Before the meeting... to discuss... Special Employment Measures... you are having a prelimary discussion with a smaller number of colleagues"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 28 Tu Major Manpower: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Annual Review of Special Employment Measures") [main issues] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 29 We Major Manpower: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E(A)(83) 1st Meeting ("Annual Review of Special Employment Measures 1984-85") [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 29 We Major Manpower: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, K. Joseph, Tebbit, Parkinson, Cockfield, Walker, Alan Walters, Ferdinand Mount) ["[MT]... called the meeting because she felt that the Govermment must re-double its efforts to create a more enterprising British economy"] [declassified Aug 2013]