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1983 Jul 26 - 1984 Jun 22
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1320
National health (Seminar on health and social security, September 1983; Social Security Policy Reviews) (Part 1)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Secret
Page count: 261
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Date Value Title
83 Jul 25 Mo Major National Health: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Fowler) [DHSS public expenditure programme] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Aug 2 Tu Major National Health: Department of Health & Social Security letter to Treasury ("Prime Minister's Seminar on DHSS Programmes") [agenda; attendees] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Aug 3 We Major National Health: Robin Butler minute to MT ("Seminar on Health and Social Security Expenditure") [agenda; arrangements; attendees] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Aug 10 We Major National Health: Department of Health & Social Security letter to No.10 (Social Security: key facts) [background for considering future trends & policy options; follow-up to presentation for MT] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Sep 8 Th Major National Health: Efficiency Unit note to No.10 (Seminar on Government Policies for Health, Social Services and Social Security) [attendance] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Sep 9 Fr Major National Health: Department of Health & Social Security letter to No.10 (Seminar on Government Policies for Health, Social Services and Social Security) [paper for discussion] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Sep 14 We Major National Health: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("DHSS Seminar") [controlling costs: options] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Sep 14 We Major National Health: No.10 letter to Department of Health & Social Security (Health & Social Security Seminar: 16 September 1983) [working agenda] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Sep 14 We Major National Health: Fowler minute to MT ("Seminar on Government Policies for Health, Social Services and Social Security") [proposed reviews of provision for the elderly, supplementary benefits and family support] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Sep 16 Fr Major National Health: No.10 record of conversaton (MT, Lawson, Fowler, Rees, Kenneth Clarke, Rhodes Boyson, Peter Middleton, Geoffrey Otton, Ferdinand Mount, Alan Bailey) [NHS & Social Security: long-term policies] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Sep 26 Mo Major National Health: Department of Health letter to No.10 (residential care for the elderly) [proposal to introduce charges] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Dec 22 Th Major National Health: Rees letter to Fowler (Social Sercurity expenditure) ["I am extremely put out by... yet another increase in your forecast"] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Dec 23 Fr Major National Health: Fowler minute to MT ("Development of DHSS Policies") [progress report following 16 Sep 1982 meeting] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Dec 23 Fr Major National Health: Department of Health & Social Security letter to No.10 (General Practitioners: income from the NHS) ['Pulse' medical journal article; Family Practitioner Services; control of expenditure] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jan 3 Tu Major National Health: No.10 letter to Fowler PS (Social Security Seminar) [control of expenditure on Family Practitioner Services & social security benefits; forecasting FPS expenditure] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jan 10 Tu Major National Health: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT (Health & Welfare) [key aims; controlling expenditure: proposals] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jan 10 Tu Major National Health: No.10 briefing for MT (Social Security Seminar) [cover minute summarising briefing notes] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jan 11 We Major National Health: Fowler letter to Rees (forecasting of expenditure on Social Security and Family Practitioner Services) [defensive stance on the difficulty of accurate forecasting] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jan 13 Fr Major National Health: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Fowler, Rees, Kenneth Clarke, Rhodes Boyson, Geoffrey Otton, John Redwood, Peter Middleton) ["Health and Social Security Policy"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Feb 1 We Major National Health: Fowler minute to MT (Social Security Policy Reviews) [housing benefit; supplementary benefit: policy review teams: leadership & strategies] [declassified Jan 2014]