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PREM19/1428
Civil Service (Pay and pensions: performance related pay) (Part 14)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 274
Themes: Executive, Parliament, Employment, Pay, Economic policy - theory and process, Social security & welfare

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Showing items 21 - 38 of 38

Date Value Title
84 May 21 Mo Major Civil Service: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT (1984 pay negotiations for non-industrial civil servants) [risk of arbitration] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 May 21 Mo Major Civil Service: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Hailsham, Heseltine, King, Fowler, Gowrie, Hayhoe, Peter Kemp) ["Civil Service Pay Negotiations Review Body Reports"] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 May 23 We Major Civil Service: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Civil Service Pay Negotiations") [latest offer; strategic options] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jun 6 We Major Civil Service: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Non-Industrial Civil Service Pay Negotiations for 1984") [unions' consultations with members over latest offer; Government holding line; risk of industrial action] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jul 2 Mo Major Civil Service: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Heseltine ("Non-Industrial Civil Service Pay Negotiations 1984") [next steps following unions' rejection of latest offer] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jul 3 Tu Major Civil Service: No.10 Policy Unit minute to David Barclay ("Public Service Pensions") ["The Committee should be prepared to set a timetable for action, not just commission another paper"] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jul 13 Fr Major Civil Service: Lord Gowrie minute to MT ("Performance-Related Pay") [draft Gowrie/Lawson paper] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jul 20 Fr Major Civil Service: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Performance-Related Pay") [comments on proposals; issues for resolution; public expenditure implications] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jul 23 Mo Major Civil Service: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Gowrie, Ibbs, Armstrong) ["Performance Related Pay": agreement to experimental scheme] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jul 23 Mo Major Civil Service: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Non-Industrial Civil Service Pay") [recommendation to seek legal advice before refusing arbitration] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jul 24 Tu Major Civil Service: Fowler minute to MT ("Non-Industrial Civil Service Pay") [implications of proposed settlement for NHS non-Review Body groups] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jul 25 We Major Civil Service: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Performance-Related Pay") [Lord Gowrie's proposals; issues for discussion; follow-up] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Sep 17 Mo Major Civil Service: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Non-Industrial Civil Service Pay 1984") [implications of 1984 pay offer for 1985 negotiations] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Oct 11 Th Major Civil Service: Cabinet Office minute to MT (efficiency and morale in the Civil Service) [MoD/Cabinet Office concerns regarding loss of key staff to private sector] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 23 Fr Major Civil Service: Lord Gowrie minute to MT ("Performance Related Pay and Unified Grading") [draft Parliamentary announcement of 3-year experimental scheme; framework of draft rules & guidance] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 29 Th Major Civil Service: Robin Ibbs minute to MT ("Merit Pay") [analysis & advice regarding potential weaknesses in Lord Gowrie's proposals] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 17 Th Major Civil Service: David Barclay minute to MT ("Civil Service Retirement and Re-employment Policy") [legal advice on amendement of the Civil Service Pension Scheme to exclude the possibility of a lump sum followed by re-employment] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 25 Fr Major Civil Service: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Heseltine ("1985 Pay Negotiations for Non-Industrial Civil Servants") [details of latest offer] [declassified Dec 2014]