1984 Dec 17 - 1985 Apr 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1452
Economic policy (Public Spending) (Part 31)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 330 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Selections from this file
Showing items 41 - 60 of 74
| Date |
Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 85 Mar 25 Mo | Major | Public spending: John Redwood minute to MT ("Public Expenditure Survey: Gas Prices") [Treasury wants to put prices up] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Apr 17 We | Major | Public spending: Michael Heseltine minute to MT ("Public Expenditure Survey 1985") [problems with cash planning] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Apr 17 We | Major | Public spending: Michael Heseltine minute to MT ("Running Cost Targets") [service personnel pay, manpower control] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Dec 14 Fr | Major | Public spending: Michael Heseltine minute to MT ("1985 Public Expenditure White Paper") [MoD manpower figures] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Dec 17 Mo | Major | Public spending: Ridley PS minute to Rees PS ("Public Expenditure White Paper: Capital Spending") [period to be covered by projections] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Dec 19 We | Major | Public spending: Younger PS minute to Rees PS ("Public Expenditure White Paper: Capital Spending") [period to be covered by projections] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Apr 12 Fr | Major | Public spending: Timothy Flesher minute to Rees PS (Running Costs Targets) [should be introduced as of 1985 survey] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Apr 12 Fr | Major | Public spending: Timothy Flesher minute to Rees PS (Public Expenditure Survey) [options for reductions] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 28 Th | Major | Public spending: Timothy Flesher minute to Lawson PS (Running Costs Targets) [MT's concern at rising running costs despite success in reducing manpower] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Apr 1 Mo | Major | Public spending: Lawson PS minute to Robin Butler (Public Expenditure Survey) ["a difficult Survey is in prospect"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 27 We | Major | Public spending: David Willetts minute to MT ("Running Costs Targets") ["pretty pathetic that Government running costs have risen faster than inflation"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 25 Mo | Major | Public spending: Nigel Lawson minute to MT ("Running Costs Targets") [aim of applying a progressive squeeze] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Feb 18 Mo | Major | Public spending: Peter Rees minute to MT ("Public Expenditure and the Fiscal Stance") [proposed schemes for asset sales becoming more complex] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Feb 7 Th | Major | Public spending: Robin Butler minute to MT (meeting with Lawson) [Lawson becoming worried about public spending prospects] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 10 Th | Major | Public spending: Robin Butler minute to MT ("Public Expenditure - Presentation") ["It is desirable to bring together decisions about expenditure and taxes"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 17 Th | Major | Public spending: Bernard Ingham minute to Brittan PS (Public Expenditure background note) ["sticking to the plans" essential to economic policy] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 7 Mo | Major | Public spending: Bernard Ingham minute to Robin Butler ("Public Expenditure - Presentation") [publication "brings together most, if not all, of the bad news about the working out of Government policy"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 9 We | Major | Public spending: Bernard Ingham minute to Brian Mower (speaking note for ministers) [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 11 Fr | Major | Public spending: David Willetts and John Redwood minute to MT ("Public Expenditure") [could be "political pressures to undo tough decisions"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 23 We | Major | Public spending: John Redwood minute to MT ("The Pharmaceutical Industry") [control over the drugs budget] [declassified Dec 2014] |