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1984 Dec 4 - 1985 Aug 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1427
Civil Service (Long term management and manpower policy) (Part 17)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 303
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84 Dec 4 Tu Major Civil Service: No.10 minute to MT ("Joint Co-ordination Unit") [implementation of CIR Report; terms of reference] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 11 Fr Major Civil Service: No.10 minute to MT ("Ethnic Monitoring") [extension to civil service as a whole, following pilot surveys; MT queries why random sampling cannot be employed instead] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 28 Mo Major Civil Service: Lord Gowrie minute to MT ("Senior Management Development Programme") [progress report; performance targets] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Feb 12 Tu Major Civil Service: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("The Duties and Responsibilities of Civil Servants") [MT queries her position in relation to proposed Guidance Note in her capacity as Minister for the Civil Service] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Feb 14 Th Major Civil Service: Lord Gowrie letter to Leon Brittan ("Civil Service College: Next Steps on Repayment") [programme to move bulk of College developmental training to full repayment by Departments] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Feb 15 Fr Major Civil Service: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Robert Armstrong) ["The Duties and Responsibilities of Civil Servants"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Feb 15 Fr Major Civil Service: Attorney General Legal Secretary letter to Cabinet Office ("The Duties and Responsibilities of Civil Servants") [draft Guidance Note: legal advice on improper disclosure] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Feb 21 Th Major Civil Service: Rees minute to MT ("Civil Service Numbers") [latest figures] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Feb 22 Fr Major Civil Service: Lord Gowrie letter to Lord Hailsham (Top Management Programme) [details of new senior staff course] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Feb 22 Fr Major Civil Service: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Duties and Responsibilities of Civil Servants in Relation to Ministers") [draft guidance; draft Written Question & Answer; morale in the civil service] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Feb 26 Tu Major Civil Service: Permanent Secretary of the Treasury note to Treasury officials ("The Duties and Responsibilities of Civil Servants in Relation to Ministers") [text of MT Written Answer to PQ, announcing issue of Guidance by Head of Home Civil Service] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 14 Th Major Civil Service: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (Job Centre Manager of the Year Award) [MT agrees no significant risk of public criticism and approves the scheme] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 20 We Major Civil Service: Lord Gowrie minute to MT (E(A)(85)15: commercial management) [thoughts on the consultative document] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 25 Mo Major Civil Service: Lord Gowrie minute to MT ("Special Early Retirement") [report on outcomes of the scheme, and proposals for 1985] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 1 Mo Major Civil Service: Rees letter to Jopling ("Transfer of Costs of Early Retirement to Deparmental Votes") [redundancy implications] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 2 Tu Major Civil Service: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (duties & responsibilities of civil servants in relation to Ministers) [request for advice on handling of reply to letter from Austin Mitchell MP, querying 'confusing' Cabinet Office guidance; No.10 of the view that query was politically motivated and advise reply by Lord Gowrie] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 3 We Major Civil Service: HM Customs & Excise letter to Barney Hayhoe ("Threatened "Work to Rule" - Clearance of Passengers/Accompanied Cars") [situation report] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 22 Mo Major Civil Service: Lord Gowrie letter to Howe ("Civil Service Order in Council") [legal advice on compliance; draft 1985 Order] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 17 Fr Major Civil Service: Tony Newton letter to Tom King ("Non-Compliance with Trade Union Act 1984 at Rusholme (Manchester) ILO") [details of proposed indistrial action; case for invoking legislation] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 21 Tu Major Civil Service: Rees minute to MT ("Civil Service Numbers") [report on latest figures] [declassified Dec 2014]